#parent

The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes. ↗

— Trent Lott

#bound #common #different #even #formed

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family. ↗

— Lance Loud

#family #friends #grown #link #out

My parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did exist as the land of opportunity. ↗

— Mia Love

#america #belief #did #exist #had

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records! ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#belonged #both #club #columbia #had

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent. ↗

— John Lynch

#government #honest #integrity #keep #must

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#deaths #i #i am #i think #i write

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#i #individual #like #parents #stressing

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#available #capacities #children #encouraged #equipped

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. ↗

— James Madison

#ascertained #cannot #carried #education #expense

Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher. ↗

— Joe Manchin

#adult #always #biological #caring #child