The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.
There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.
Paradoxically, those who call for family values also tout the wonders of an unregulated market without observing the subtle cultural links between the family they seek to regulate and the market they hold free.
People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
Family is more important than ideology.
Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consideration the social as well as the family relationship.