Dissertation Quote by Robert Southey

“unavoidable repetition of “family life” (with intergenerational conflicts, sibling rivalry, “primal scene” material, etc.)”

— Otto F. Kernberg

What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

— Adam Smith

The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the…

— Gary Becker

“The ‘family’, in the sense in which the term is used today, emerged only after a long process of historical development. The many figures…

— Carole Pateman

Family life is an encroachment on private life.

— Karl Kraus

A family shares hardships and a connected history.

— Kamala Harris

“There are families whose greatness lies in their past, and in their legacies, Mrs. Schuyler answered. That is a quality much to be admired,…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Each civilization, each nation, each family, each profession, each sex and each class has its own history. Humans have so far been interested mainly…

— Theodore Zeldin

Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children, the lines…

— Elizabeth Fishel

“Like most visions of a 'golden age', the 'traditional family' evaporates on closer examination. It is an ahistorical amalgam of structures, values, and behaviors…

— Stephanie Coontz

One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves.

— Gabe Newell

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our…

— Edmund Leach