Quotes about spouses (16 Quotes)


    a careful balance that maintains the common understanding of marriage as between a man and a woman, while at the same time declaring that registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections and benefits as spouses.

    Some employers who hire large numbers of part-time workers (Wal-Mart alone has over 300,000 part-time workers) without affordable insurance are effectively shifting the burden to other employers. Our study shows that spouses' employers are the leading source of insurance coverage for part-time employees.

    People tell me they laughed hard enough to wake their spouses, that they've given away numerous copies to friends, and that it's the one Trek book they'll give to people they wouldn't expect to like others.

    If there were no longer bilingual ballots, citizens would not be able to vote intelligently, especially in California and San Francisco with all the bond measures. People would need help and rely on others. We don't want employers, spouses or neighborhood organizers helping people vote.




    It was hugely helpful to be able to tell people they could stay with their spouses, with their children. I shamelessly used that argument. Everyone was committed to showing that this could be done.

    Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families.


    Initially, Salute Our Services was ... very focused on what I thought were the communication needs of spouses like me. Shortly after getting involved in this area of supporting deployed soldiers and their families, I realized that the kids were carrying an enormous burden and were ill-equipped to handle it.


    The hardening of the borders makes people far less likely to make that trek more than once. They're integrated into families. They have children born here and sometimes legal spouses. (The House bill) would have a profound effect on American families.


    Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

    This way, both spouses are kept in the loop, and there are no secrets. There's no blame, no shame. It's taking your financial pulse Did we meet our goals What can be done better You don't want to beat each other up--you want to make the finances work better.

    Very seldom will a person give up on himself. He continues to have hope because he knows he has the potential for change. He tries again not just to exist, but to bring about those changes in himself that will make life worth living. Yet people are very quick to give up on friends, and especially on their spouses, to declare them hopeless, and to either walk away or do nothing more than resign themselves to a bad situation.



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