The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.

To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.

Men are what their mothers made them.

The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

God is our father, but even more is God our mother.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.

A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.

My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.