Civilization Quote by Margaret Mead

Marriage civilizes males by making them responsible for their children and by imposing on boys the need to develop the bourgeois habits of self-discipline…

— Heather Mac Donald

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for our very…

— David Vitter

But ultimately, the purpose of marriage is to transmit civilization to the next generation. There has never been an institution that does it as…

— Ann Coulter

Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies.

— John Sentamu

Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.

— Honore de Balzac

Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic…

— Mitt Romney

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

— Theodore Zeldin

Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because…

— Rick Santorum

Marriage is a custom brought about by women who then proceed to live off men and destroy them, completely enveloping the man in a…

— Richard Harris

The institution of marriage has been something that - we have a very temperamental relationship, marriage and I. I've seen a lot of not…

— Ben Feldman

Male mastery in marriage is a social illusion, nurtured by women exhorting their creations to play and walk. At the emotional heart of every…

— Camille Paglia

Marriage can either be a classroom where people become wiser and better, or a prison where people become resentful; and bitter.

— David Jeremiah