"Marriage may be polygamic, monogamic, polyandric, complex according to the Oneida pattern, or other, and is true marriage (I do not say perfect marriage) so long as it promotes the happiness of the persons married, and the procreation, support, and education of children, and so long as it is founded on the joint free contract of the persons married, and remains under the sanction of the organic society of which those persons are members."

-- William Batchelder Greene

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“I do believe that our climate is changing. I don't agree that all the changes are necessarily due solely to human activity.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“A serious pacifist approach can't win wars against enemies whose only program is violence. That doesn't mean I think the US has fought terrorists so wisely most of the time since 9/11. But there are some enemies that need to be destroyed by force lest they destroy much much more.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Philip Gourevitch on Osama Bin Laden". The New Yorker Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. May 4, 2011.
“To be truly happy you must recognize who you are with nothing.”
“From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.”
“It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest part of the learning experience lies not in the particular words of the story but in the involvement with the individual reading it.”

Source : Frank Smith (1986). “Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classroom”, New York : Arbor House
“I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Battle Creek’ star Dean Winters on nearly killing Josh Duhamel and more". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. March 1, 2015.
“The Recovery Act, which helped saved the economy and prevented us going into the Great Depression, was the largest investment in green technology, the largest investment in education. We rebuilt roads and bridges.”
“Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.”

Source : Muhammad Asad (1993). “Islam at the Crossroads”, p.9, The Other Press

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