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 on marriage
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 on marriage
I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be. Joel Osteen on marriage
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 on marriage
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman. Arnold Schwarzenegger on marriage
My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself. Kim Kardashian on marriage
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Voltaire on marriage
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce. Voltaire on marriage
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 on marriage
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 on marriage
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right. Barack Obama on marriage
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 on marriage
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? H. L. Mencken on marriage
I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. Joel Osteen on marriage
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. Leonardo da Vinci on marriage
You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage. Robert Louis Stevenson on marriage
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. H. L. Mencken on marriage
Marriage is not a noun it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day. Barbara de Angelis on marriage
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership. Ann Landers on marriage