Mason Cooley Quotes

You don’t play around with the lives of children.

No child asks to get born, so when they are here, they should be shielded from any possible horror.

In a situation where it's the child or the adult, I'm going with the child.

To ensure that children are protected, the abuse and exploitation of children must be brought to light and those who violate children brought to justice.

This is not politics... it's to protect the innocence of children.

Woe to the man who offends a small child!

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children.

We adults protect ourselves with laws, police, workplace regulations and social norms and there is no conceivable reason why children should be left more vulnerable, other that laziness or callousness in considering what life is like from their point of view.

Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

I support anything to do with the welfare and rights of children in a huge way.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

The only privileged persons in our country are the children

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

No civilized society ought to fear for the safety of its children.

I have no objection to doing anything that is within the law to help children.

I never like experimenting with children.

I was like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.

Everything is secret. They [child welfare administrators] claim that is for the protection of the children. But it’s for the protection of their own negligence.

There is a special place in hell for people who prey on children. I’ve yet to see a valid explanation, and I have no reason to doubt the victims' accounts.