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The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have created an environment that has undermined our institutions for political gains. — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
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Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Respect for human rights requires transparent and accountable institutions and governance as well as the effective participation of all individuals and civil… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The Treasury's plan has little for those outside of the financial industry. It is aimed at rescuing the same financial institutions that… — Richard Shelby Copy Share Image
For manipulation to be most effective, evidence of its presence should be nonexistent... It is essential, therefore, that people who are manipulated… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
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Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
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I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego, and when we escape like squirrels turning in the cages of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Most people believe they know how they themselves think, how others think too, and even how institutions evolve. But they are wrong.… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The debate corporation is a corporation. It's funded by corporations. It's relayed by media corporations to the public. It's created by the… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The fools standpoint is that all social institutions are games. He sees the whole world as game playing. That's why, when people… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country… — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
