Affair Quote by Lydia M. Child

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

In the first place, an unjust law exists in this Commonwealth, by which marriages between persons of different color is pronounced illegal. I am…

— Lydia M. Child

That's the nightmare for Elizabeth Warren, because I can attack her from the left. I can say, 'Wait a minute, what do you know…

— Shiva Ayyadurai

On many questions and specially in view of the marriage bed, the Puritans were the indulgent party, . . . they were much more…

— C. S. Lewis

Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.”

— Noel Botham

There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways.

— Eve Ensler

I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a lot of time with active members on both sides…

— Kurt Sutter

“In 1967, almost 100 years later, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Loving v Virginia that the Constitution prohibited state laws against interracial marriage.”

— Susan Denning

“None was more indifferent to convention than herself, and the marriage tie especially excited her ridicule, but she despised entirely those who disregarded the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If a liberal were to attack Justice Clarence Thomas on the grounds that he's black, we would all go crazy.

— Newt Gingrich