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
But, you know, I'm presiding over an institution that was designed not to work. — John Boehner Copy Share Image
There is no reason why a company like Monsanto, for example, that is pushing GMOs, cannot go to Kenya, partner with the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity.… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
To me the gold price takes the form of a very uncomplicated formula, and all you have to do is divide one… — James Grant Copy Share Image
Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds… — Frank Zappa 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
Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
We know what we are. Our business is originating, distributing, and managing capital for individuals and institutions. — James P. Gorman Copy Share Image
I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
In the olden times, the diversity of groups was largely a geographical matter. There were many societies, but each, within its own… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of… — Martin Mayer Copy Share Image
A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold; when wrongly… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
To place your name by gift or bequest in the keeping of an active educational institution is to...make a permanent contribution to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions.… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
In the American colonies, the main problem of liberty has been solved, demonstrated and practiced in such a manner as not to… — Marquis de Lafayette 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
In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
Coolness is temporary. You can't capture it or create it, it has to be discovered. It has to do with the people… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
How to save the old that's worth saving, whether in landscape, houses, manners, institutions, or human types, is one of our greatest… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
