Morrie Schwartz Quotes

The family is the most important wealth of a nation. May we endeavor to defend and strengthen the foundation of society.

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

The family is the corner-stone of society

The family is the most important unit of society…. When all is said and done, there is nothing more important than the family.

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

It is my view that our society can be no more stable than the foundation of individual family units upon which it rests. Our government, our institutions, our schools...indeed, our way of life are dependent on healthy marriages and loyalty to the vulnerable little children around our feet.

Our world needs good and strong families.

Break up the institution of the family, deny the inviolability of its relations, and in a little while there would not be any humanity.

The nation is built upon the foundation of its homes and the home upon its families.

While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble.

The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.

Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.

Conservatives are, I think, correct to highlight family stability as a fundamental issue that goes to the welfare of children as much as food stamps or anything else.

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

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

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

A family is where character is formed, values are learned, ethics are created, and society preserved.

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 American dream begins with the American family.

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.

No government should ever be big enough to substitute for the family.

Strong families are vital to strong societies.

Family counts for a lot in this world.

The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It's so powerful.