It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and treated as indifferent by public opinion. It is only through children that relations cease to be a purely private matter.


Letter to Ottoline Morrell, January 30, 1916

Bertrand Russell Quotes

It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and...

It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and...

It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and...

It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and...