The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Our criminal institutions are full of creeps like you who do wrong things, and many of them were driven to these crimes… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Educational institutions, which are the grooming grounds for creating responsible citizens have to be kept tobacco and smoke-free. — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you destroy the credibility of those people or institutions that could undermine your own, you create an opportunity for your voice,… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
We are confronted by the appearance of social institutions unintentionally created, vital for the welfare of society, which are not the result… — Carl Menger Copy Share Image
It seems fair to say that while the moral standards of the nineteenth century persisted almost unchanged into the twentieth, moral practices… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
“Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but universities?… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Over the past two decades the pharmaceutical industry has moved very far from its original high purpose of discovering and producing useful… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I actually thought that the marketplace was pretty imbalanced when the consumer bureau was first created and financial institutions did not have… — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
The most common objection to changes in public policy which would increase a user's control of housing at the expense of centralized… — John Turner Copy Share Image
To speak of certain government and establishment institutions as 'the system' is to speak correctly . . . They are sustained by… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
As a president, you've got to show some example. I am disturbed for instance when I read that a candidate said, 'I… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programs, or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Creativity is not merely about cute pictures drawn by kindergartners. It is about the ability to create new enterprises, organizations, and institutions… — Michael Strong Copy Share Image
Shut out from the world with its blare and glare, life in an institution moves softly. The ears become attuned to gentle… — Mary B. Harris Copy Share Image
“And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he… — John Irving Copy Share Image
In government institutions and in teaching, you need to inspire confidence. To achieve credibility, you have to very clearly explain what you… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Just as the financial crisis has created toxic assets and 'zombie' financial institutions, so has it transformed conservatism into a movement of… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
It will always be found that one flourishing institution exists and battens on another mouldering one. The Present itself is parasitic to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I will never cede the authority of our country or our security to any other nation. I'll never give a veto over… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Government is an inherently inflationary institution and will ever remain so until it is dispossessed of its monopoly of the supply of… — Joseph Salerno Copy Share Image
FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
Waste in all its forms is to be abhorred... I deplore giving money to an institution that is careless in its expenditures. — DeWitt Wallace Copy Share Image
Our institutions of freedom will not survive unless they are constantly replenished by the faith that gave them birth. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
I think that by creating a world of plenty, by creating institutions and organizations that promote knowledge and promote understanding, I think… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
There is close to zero trust in institutions in Afghanistan. The mobile carriers have more trust than the banks. — Jan Chipchase Copy Share Image
I knew it was unrealistic to think I could build an institution overnight. But if I took baby steps, eventually it would… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image