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Quotes About Families

Immigrant families aren't, he notes, "a threat to America's moral culture." Rather, "America is a threat to immigrant children's moral development.
~ Christine Gross-Loh
At the time that the sagas were written, however, names were not passed down in families, and recall that English surnames only came into being seven hundred years ago.
~ Christine Kenneally
Taking people away from the land where their families have lived for generations turns out to be politically destabilizing. Americans kind of perfected that model. They just never considered the possibility that it would happen to them, in no small part because of how they had abused that land.
~ Christopher Brown
Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.
~ Christopher Dodd
And the contrast between our families hit me like a King James Version falling from the sky.
~ Helen Fremont
What is a country without rabbits and partridges They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products ancient and venerable familes known to antiquity as to modern times of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Toate familiile fericite se aseam?n? între ele. Fiecare familie nefericit? este nefericit? în felul ei.
~ Leo Tolstoy
Todas las familias felices se parecen entre sí; pero cada familia desgraciada tiene un motivo especial para sentirse así.
~ Leo Tolstoy
Todas las familias felices se parecen, pero cada familia infeliz lo es a su manera
~ Léon Tolstoï
By exempting your child from all chores, as many affluent American families now do, you are sending the message, "Your time is too valuable to be spent on menial tasks," which easily morphs into the unintended message "You are too important to do menial tasks." And that unintended message puffs up the bloated self-esteem that now characterizes many American kids.
~ Leonard Sax
We would never let anyone else see when we were wounded, but we'd show each other. We both had things to hide from our families, for example.
~ Lesley-Ann Jones
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
~ lewes george henry
Thus for Webster "the very soul of a republic" was to be found in "an equality of property, with a necessity of alienation, constantly operating to destroy combinations of powerful families.
~ Lewis Hyde
ISIS has stated that it intends to infiltrate the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the barbaric ISIS terrorists, using their families as cover.
~ Pete Hoekstra
We need to expand opportunities for more families to reap the benefits of using cleaner sources of energy that can also help households save money on their utility bills.
~ Brian Deese
We see families making a vacation out of a NASCAR event. The average drive is 200 miles so they're often going to spend a few days with us.
~ Brian France
Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.
~ Jim Clyburn
Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.
~ Hillary Clinton
Why do people - gay or straight - need the state's permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn't, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents' agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.
~ Stephanie Coontz
The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market.
~ Gary Miller
The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset.
~ Li Yuanchao
Necesitaba palabras porque las familias infelices son un pacto de silencio. Quien rompa el silencio jamás será perdonado.
~ Jeanette Winterson
In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.
~ Joni Ernst
Childcare is a huge issue for young women whose work may require them to leave their families for weeks at a time.
~ Sylvia Earle