Breakdown Quote by Chris Grayling

Most poor people in America are white. The family breakdown issue is an issue that crosses all sorts of racial lines. High school dropout…

— David Brooks

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong…

— Iain Duncan Smith

The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see…

— Rick Santorum

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.

— Iain Duncan Smith

“As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and sulked.”

— Terry Pratchett

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children.

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Conservatives highlight the primacy of family and argue that family breakdown exacerbates poverty, and they're right. Children raised by single parents are three times…

— Nicholas Kristof

“So the bad news is that family breakdown is causing a host of societal and economic ills. But the good news is that, like…

— M. Russell Ballard

“The breakdown of the neighborhoods also meant the end of what was essentially an extended family…With the breakdown of the extended family, too much…

— Marilyn French

When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room.

— Spalding Gray

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I myself am hell.

— Elizabeth Wurtzel