Common Quote by Yanar Mohammed

Actually, there is a sense in which polygynous marriage has not been the historical norm - even where polygyny is permitted, multiple wives are…

— Robert Wright

The response of the men who were introduced into polygamy between 1841 and 1846 was anything but enthusiastic. The same was true of the…

— Leonard J. Arrington

The government doesn't really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams or for…

— Jeanne Tripplehorn

“Both polygamy and divorce, on the other hand, increased opportunities for reproduction—not for women, but for the men who wrote the laws and benefited…

— Elaine Pagels

“Polygamy was common [amongst the Navajo], but women had superior property rights, owning sheep and the houses. A man who deserted his family would…

— Timothy Egan

Polygamy is needed to prevent a man from taking up a lover, which can cause health issues and rifts in the family and would…

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Polygamy causes a lot of strife

— Yoshiko Sakurai

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it

— Elbert Hubbard

Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

— Moliere

“Arabs are wealthy today because of their marriage system. They are not bothered by polygamy or the after-effects of divorce.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

We are very, very far from recognising polygamy in our country, thank God.

— Marine Le Pen

Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the…

— Brigham Young