36 James Dobson Quotes

James Dobson quotes

1. '[P]eople talk about the potential for good that can come from destroying these little embryos and how we might be able to solve the problem of juvenile diabetes. There's no indication yet that they're gonna do that, but people say that, or spinal cord injuries or such things. But I have to ask this question: In World War II, the Nazis experimented on human beings in horrible ways in the concentration camps, and I imagine, if you wanted to take the time to read about it, there would have been some discoveries there that benefited mankind.'(Dr. Nicolosi - excerpt from transcript)[1]

2. '[P]ain is a marvelous purifier. . . It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of pain goes a long way for a young child. However, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely.'

3. 'Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. . . [T]wo or three stinging strokes on the legs or buttocks with a switch are usually sufficient to emphasize the point, 'You must obey me.''

4. 'Here at Focus on the Family, we're not political.'

5. 'Isn't it amazing that there's such a sizable number of people in the media and in the liberal community that despise this country and its freedoms, and they're doing everything they can to undermine it?'

6. 'Homosexuals are not monogamous. They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth.'

7. Exchange between Larry King and James Dobson that aired on September 18, 2002 on CNN's Larry King Live

8. '[T]he boy's father has to do his part. He needs to mirror and affirm his son's maleness. He can play rough-and-tumble games with his son, in ways that are decidedly different from the games he would play with a little girl. He can help his son learn to throw and catch a ball. He can teach him to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard. He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.' (Dr. Nicolosi - excerpt from transcript [2]

9. The Mark Foley affair has 'turned out to be what some people are now saying was a -- sort of a joke by the boy and some of the other pages' who came forward with sexually explicit instant messages that Foley sent.

10. In a statement Dobson announced he supported 'Mel Gibson and his film, The Passion of the Christ, saying Gibson's anti-Semitic remarks had nothing to do with 'one of the finest films of this era.' He explained further that 'we certainly do not condone that racially insensitive outburst,' but added, 'Mel has apologized profusely for the incident and there the matter should rest.' On the movie, 'Our endorsement of it stands as originally stated. We did not believe it was anti-Semitic in 2004, and our views have not changed,' Dobson said.

11. 'Christians have made arguments on both sides of this question. I certainly believe that God is displeased with America for its pride and arrogance, for killing 40 million unborn babies, for the universality of profanity and for other forms of immorality. However, rather than trying to forge a direct cause-and-effect relationship between the terrorist attacks and America's abandonment of biblical principles, which I think is wrong, we need to accept the truth that this nation will suffer in many ways for departing from the principles of righteousness. 'The wages of sin is death,' as it says in Romans 6, both for individuals and for entire cultures.

12. 'It is deeply moving, powerful, and disturbing. A film that must be seen.'

1. Homosexuals can be, you know, committed to each other. And they have freedom to behave in the ways that they do, but they cannot be a family. They cannot be married. I mean, virtually every culture in the history of the world has considered marriage to be between one woman and one man.

2. Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

3. Traditional Judeo-Christian values literally hang in the balance in America. They can be 'forgotten' in a single generation if they are not taught to children and teenagers... It could happen here if we don't defend what we believe.

4. My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

5. Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

6. Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

7. Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by almost every President. I saw the figures - 34 out of 44 Presidents have called for a national day of prayer. Some of those who didn't have died in office.

8. I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances.

9. A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."

10. It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.

11. The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.

12. There is only one cure for the cancer of bitterness, that is to forgive the perceived offender. Once and for all, with God's help, as strange as it seems, I am suggesting that some of us need to forgive God for those heartaches that are charged to His account. You've carried resentment against Him for years. Now it's time to let go of it.

13. Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

14. You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

15. To those who say Ted Bundy should burn forever in eternity I would only say, so should I, so should all of us...

16. Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.

17. The institution of the family has very few friends in Washington. There are lobbyists in Washington for every possible entity, from the possum-growers of America to every kind of crazy thing. There's somebody in Washington paid to advance the cause of that particular business, but there's not a lot of support for the family.

18. Touching Hearts, Changing Lives.

19. We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

20. I don't believe that homosexuals really want to marry, most of them. They're all different, and some have different views.

21. I believe in the death penalty.

22. Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.

23. I would like to thank those who spoke boldly against the 'gay marriage float' in the 2014 Rose Parade. Apparently, that vigorous opposition came from perhaps millions of people, and it had a significant influence on how the matter was handled on network and cable television.

24. Males and females are unique and different, because their brains are different. There's not a limitation on girls. My grandmother was very strong, and so was my mother. She also knew what it meant to be a woman and wife and was very successful at it.