Institutions Quotes · Page 15

Certainly, the church is not primarily a moral institution, but the bearer of a hope.

— Johann Baptist Metz

Preventing conflict means going back to basics - strengthening institutions and building resilient societies.

— Antonio Guterres

On this site we're going to build an Eye and Ear Hospital. This is going to be a sight for sore eyes.

— Morrie Ryskind

Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.

— Jon Ronson

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

— Susan Faludi

I'm very optimistic, but I'm optimistic about individuals, not institutions.

— Heather Brooke

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

— Max Weber

My dad and uncles probably taught me more than any institutions.

— Tom Izzo

The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and…

— John Rawls

To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.

— Gordon Gee

An institution like Guantanamo in its present form cannot and must not exist in the long term. We must find different ways…

— Angela Merkel

Marriage is one of the most important institutions we have, it binds society and families together, it is a building block that…

— Maria Miller

I think that the candidates who are doing it [not debating] are doing a great disservice to the party. It's a sign…

— Chris Matthews

In some sense our aim ought to be to convert the school from an academic institution into an intellectual one. That shift…

— Elliot W. Eisner

US academic institutions are being bought via funding by biotechnology firms which exert a vice-like grip on the US government.

— Ignacio Chapela

I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to…

— John McCain

Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism...When we shift our attention from 'save newspapers' to 'save society,' the imperative changes…

— Clay Shirky

Given the complexity of interpersonal relationships and institutions and the complexity of co-ordination of the actions of many people, it is enormously…

— Robert Nozick

So the misplaced assumption is that we have this whole new institutional element where these [financial] institutions are looking after their own…

— John C. Bogle

Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders…

— Seth Klarman

If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to…

— Robert Reich

With support from institutions like the United Nations as well as the donor community, governments can strengthen their national technological and scientific…

— Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the…

— David Korten

I think a way to behave is to think not in terms of representative government, not in terms of voting, not in…

— Howard Zinn

...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care…

— Anonymous

Education is here placed among the articles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches out…

— Thomas Jefferson

The State, completely in its genesis, essentially and almost completely during the first stages of its existence, is a social institution, forced…

— Franz Oppenheimer

What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand the changes…

— C. Wright Mills

Our goal is not to assume leadership of existing institutions, but rather to render them irrelevant. We don't want to take over…

— Kevin Carson

And if you look at society, the way it works, they are creating, from cradle to grave, left-brain prisoners. To advance in…

— David Icke

Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her…

— Fatima Bhutto

We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men.

— George Iles

For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.

— Mike Tyson

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.

— George Bernard Shaw

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

— Anatoly Chubais

Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.

— Michael Lee-Chin

Any institutions' alumni are key to its growth. We are focused on giving a global experience to our students.

— Shiv Nadar

Even with all its problems, I will support marriage as an institution until something better comes along.

— David Blankenhorn

I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

— Amos Oz