This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect… — Robert Teeter Copy Share Image
From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation,… — Kevin Mattson Copy Share Image
A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Common Market 2.0 delivers on the desire to take back control that underpinned the referendum result. We would leave the political institutions… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Since its founding in 1854, Penn State has proven to be a leading institution of higher learning. — Tim Holden Copy Share Image
U.S. has no feudal background, so institutions that remained in place in Europe did not remain in place here. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Subsidiarity is the principle that government works best most responsibly and responsively when it is closest to the people it serves and… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
Liberals don't care. Their approach is to rip out society's foundations without asking if they serve any purpose. Why do we have… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end up with… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
In a Giraffe institution, the head nurse job would be to serve the nurses, not to control them. Teachers are there to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We all work for media, we all make mistakes all the time. That's inevitable. What the difference between a responsible journalistic institution… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Unlike the victims of 9/11, who received plenty of relief aid compensation from the government and charitable institutions, those who suffered hate… — Puneet Issar Copy Share Image
A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Where there is a confluence of interests among nations, as, for example the swine flu or polio, you can get well functioning… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Your ancestors fought for you to have a share in that institution over there. It's yours. See the school board, and every… — Mother Jones Copy Share Image
As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one would say, where there is a lull… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of… — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
Close the weak banks and impose serious capital requirements on the strong ones...You see, it may sound hard-hearted, but you cannot keep… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
