“The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also,Government is for the living, and not for the dead; it is the living only that has any right in it.”

“As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.”

“The past may show the right way to behave if you live in the past, Stil, but circumstances change.”

“Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.”

“Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't and dead men can't.”

“Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage...As chairman emeritus of the extreme right-wing National Organization for Marriage”