Billy Graham Quotes

You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.

The institution of marriage holds society together. We can't replace the family.

The home is the foundation of sanity and sobriety; it is the indispensable condition of continuity; its health determines the health of society as a whole.

The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.

I believe that marriage has served society well, and I believe it is important to affirm that, that marriage between a man and a woman is the ideal. And the job of the President is to drive policy toward the ideal.

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.

It not only is a complete undermining of the principles of family and marriage and the hope of future generations, but it completely begins to see our society break down to the extent that that foundational unit of the family that is the hope of survival of this country is diminished to the extent that it literally is a threat to the nation's survival in the long run.

I really believe, in my heart and soul, that if we would rebuild and strengthen the family structure in the country, you'd start to really deal with a number of the most difficult problems we're having in the country today, in poverty, education, and in crime, but we've broken the family structure up.

When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.

When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.

Conservatives highlight the primacy of family and argue that family breakdown exacerbates poverty, and they're right. Children raised by single parents are three times as likely to live in poverty as kids in two-parent homes.

I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.

My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

There is an absolute necessity of marriage for the service of the state, and the solid advantages that arise from it.

Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.

Society can't function without shared prosperity.

The family unit is fundamental for the educational process and for the development both of individuals and states; hence there is a need for policies which promote the family and aid social cohesion and dialogue.

Strong families lead to strong nations.

Civil society begins with the family.