Marriage quotes

“I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.” Barack Obama

“What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job.” Barack Obama

“I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.” Barack Obama

“I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.” Barack Obama

“Marriage changes everything.” Marilyn Manson

“I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.” Joel Osteen

“I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.” Joel Osteen

“Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty.” Ron Paul

“I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.” Colin Powell

“In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.” Colin Powell

“Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.” Pope John Paul II

“I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.” Mitt Romney

“My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That's the position I've had for some time, and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.” Mitt Romney

“Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.” Mitt Romney

“And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.” Mitt Romney

“Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.” Mitt Romney

“I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.” Keith Richards

“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” Princess Diana

“I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.” Princess Diana

“So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I would love to have the same rights as everybody else. I would love, I don't care if it's called marriage. I don't care if it's called, you know, domestic partnership. I don't care what it's called.” Ellen DeGeneres

“Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.” Bertrand Russell

“Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.” Bill Cosby

“The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.” Bill Cosby

“Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.” Ingrid Bergman

“More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“Nations fight against nations, in marriages people fight against each other, children fight against each other. We are in warfare, in a national warfare, and in warfare with each other and with ourselves.” Charles Stanley

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” John Steinbeck

“Marriage is a great institution.” Elizabeth Taylor