Family Quotes

"Marriage has long been recognized as a vital social institution and basic human need."

"Excluding same-sex couples harms their children and denies them necessary protections."

"Legal recognition of marriage provides stability, security, and respect to families."

"My marriage was about love, commitment, and a lifetime of partnership."

"I have tried never to lose sight of my friends and family in the pursuit of happiness."

"I think the greatest gift we can give our children is a world where they are free to be themselves."

"My mother always taught me that we should stand up for what we believe in."

"My mother was a beautiful woman and she raised beautiful children."

"The family we choose is as important as the one we're born into."

"Family teaches us how to love; friends teach us why it matters."

"Family is where we first learn what unconditional means."

"My mother was my first teacher about survival and resistance."

"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love and commitment."

"Marriage is a keystone of social order, and that order cannot be built on exclusion."

"Marriage has always been about joining persons together, regardless of their identity."

"Marriage, in its most essential meaning, is about commitment between two people."

"I simply want to tell you that I'm mighty glad to be your child's father."

"I've found family in the people I've met along the way."

"Family is who you choose, not always who you're born to."

"The strongest families are built on honest conversations, not comfortable silence."

"We cannot be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood."

"We're all Earth people, and we should treat each other like family."

"Family is the foundation of community."

"We must parent the next generation into freedom."

"Family is those who stand with us when it costs them."

"You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family."

"A child's innocence is precious precisely because the world will test it."

"Children inherit our world and our choices; let us make them worthy."

"The greatest gift a parent can give is not answers but the capacity to ask good questions."

"We teach by example more than by words; our children watch what we do."