“Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.”– Julia Ward Howe Related Quotes “My parents’ long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.”– Olivia Williams “I couldn’t bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.”– Clive Owen “Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.”– John Sununu