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Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.

Democrats have always historically referred to our families as working families, and I have sort of changed that moniker. I think what we have is a nation of worried families - families that are concerned about job security, families who thought their pensions were secure and now have questions.

We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.

There are some liberals eager to embrace a culture void of morals, but the majority of America is made up of honest, hard-working families who turned out in droves to protect the traditional way of life.

Liberals always exempt themselves from the rules that they impose on others.

Liberals don't think parents can be left to their own devices when it comes to raising our children.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important questions of justice.