America Quote by Zoe Lister-Jones

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

— Joe Mantegna

American society is still puritanical.

— Nick Nolte

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment -…

— James Young

We have, in this country, this Puritan, hypocritical, nonrealistic view of sex that is entirely different than the view, for instance, in Western Europe.

— Michael Avenatti

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do…

— Anonymous

You can't understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we're still living out their legacy in ways that are good and bad.

— Pete Buttigieg

Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it. The same…

— George W. Bush

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.

— Ted Olson

Europeans used to say Americans were puritanical. Then they discovered that we were not puritans. So now they say that we are obsessed with…

— Mary McCarthy

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

— Florence King

We hold that same sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all states.

— Anthony Kennedy

Why are there so many puritans in this country, and why can't the rest of us make them go away?!

— Bill Maher