Beatrix of The Netherlands - Political Involvement and Marriage

Famous quotes containing the words political, involvement and/or marriage:

“Man is by nature a political animal.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

“The mother whose self-image is dependent on her children places on those children the responsibility for her own identity, and her involvement in the details of their lives can put great pressure on the children. A child suffers when everything he or she does is extremely important to a parent; this kind of over-involvement can turn even a small problem into a crisis.”
—Grace Baruch (20th century)

“Always the same old story—
Father Time and Mother Earth,
A marriage on the rocks.”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)