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
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
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
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
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
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
I am fifty years old and I have always lived in freedom; let me end my life free; when I am dead… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
Local assemblies of the people constitute the strength of free nations. Municipal institutions are to liberty what primary schools are to science:… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In a small Swiss city sits an international organization so obscure and secretive…Control of the institution, the Bank for International Settlements, lies… — Keith Bradsher Copy Share Image
The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
As a race, the African is inferior to the white man. Subordination to the white man is his normal condition. He is… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Marriage is a unified institution. Marriage means a committed, legally sanctioned relationship between a man and a woman. That's what it means.… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
The exclusion of true esoteric religion has been the business of the State since ancient times. At first this was done via… — Adi Da 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
Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions. — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have. — Theresa May 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
Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
For most Americans, work is central to their experience of the world, and the corporation is one of the fundamental institutions of… — James Surowiecki 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
But ultimately, the purpose of marriage is to transmit civilization to the next generation. There has never been an institution that does… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Reason like science, grows by way of mutual criticism; the only possible way of planning its growth is to develop those institutions… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. — Cecil B. DeMille Copy Share Image
To have a museum like the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to have power. I don't have any interest… — Luis Gonzalez Copy Share Image
A lot of those old, 19th-century sanitariums, mental institutions, there are a number of them left here, old prisons, things like that,… — Josh Gates Copy Share Image
The minimum that most minimalists want leaves in place just the institutions who protect their interests. That's libertarians for you - anarchists… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
So we're all living spirit. It's not about isms and schims or religions. Religions are almost like political institutions, but the heart… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
It is a real honour to have been modelling for Britain's biggest paper for half a decade. Page Three is a British… — Melanie Copy Share Image
Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws… — John Goodwin Copy Share Image
