Authority Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

“The basic unit of society is the family. No one comes into this world as a self-sufficient individual. We start out as the helpless…

— Rick Santorum

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or that we…

— Gloria Steinem

The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable…

— Pope Francis

The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The family is the basis of society. As the family is, so is the society, and it is human beings who make a family-not…

— Ashley Montagu

The family is not just the basic unit of society; it is the basic unit of eternity.

— M. Russell Ballard

The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society

— Pope Francis

The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.

— Marco Rubio

To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

— Robin Hobb

The family, as the fundamental and essential educating community, is the privileged means for transmitting the religious and cultural values which help the person…

— Pope John Paul II

Governments and politicians use the family as an indicator of the health and strength of social life. Politicians fear that any weakening of family…

— Adrian Wilson

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

— Anonymous