Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
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Aphorism 25Jean de La Bruyere
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I can say that marriage is — Marriage existed before governments existed. This is a napkin. I can call this napkin a "paper towel". But it is a napkin. Why? Because it is what it is. Right? You can call it whatever you want, but it doesn't change the character of what it is. Sort of the metaphysical. Right? So people come out and say marriage is something else. A marriage is the marriage of five people. Maybe five, ten, twenty. Marriage can be between fathers and daughters, marriage can be between any two people, any four people, any ten people, it can be any kind of relationship, and we can call it "marriage". But it doesn't make it marriage. Why? Because there are certain things, certain qualities, that attach to the definition of what marriage is.
Rick Santorum
You're saying, no, State said two kinds of marriage: the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.
Cokie Roberts
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law.George Meredith
Being pleased with what they give you is proper of slaves. Asking for more is proper of children. Conquering more is proper of fools.
Fernando Pessoa
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