All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Liberalism is really piecemeal socialism, and socialism always attacks three basic social institutions: religion, the family, and private property. Religion, because it… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
At the very time that philosophers of the most enterprising benevolence were founding in Greece those institutions which have rendered it the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Within this historic and optimistic future in mind, I have made no value judgment of the destiny bestowed on each nation. For… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Organized religion is in substance a mystification, a means of hiding the wickedness of the social system. If the Christian principles of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
No institutions in modern society are better equipped to catalyze the necessary transition to a sustainable world than colleges and universities. They… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
Legitimate rage on the part of working men and women is directed not only towards government but, I think quite correctly, towards… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I'm an FDR Democrat, and I really believe that the most important thing is the institutions of political parties, and engaging in… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
As social values shifted through the '80s and '90s, as modern conservatism rose to power, and as the electorate became a good… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
Perhaps scientists have been the most international of all professions in their outlook... Every time you scientists make a major invention, we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Any person, institution or organization that conveys bodies or parts of bodies into or out of the state for medical education or… — Charlie Crist Copy Share Image
Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital… — Terence C. Kern Copy Share Image
Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Respect for human rights requires transparent and accountable institutions and governance as well as the effective participation of all individuals and civil… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The beauty of a financial institution is that there are a lot of ways to go to hell in a bucket. You… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Power is not a matter of one dominant individual or institutions, but instead manifests in interconnected, contradictory sites where regimes of knowledge… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
Capital requires protection, as do the institutions through which it operates. As capital expands its operations, the state that is associated with… — Michael Parenti 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 immense wealth of doctrine and institutions can become a handicap if we are trying to present all of that to a… — Raniero Cantalamessa Copy Share Image
I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities…The so-called clergy stupefy the masses…They befog the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Marriage...one of the most civilized institutions in the world...But...swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
In the way our Fathers originally left the slavery question, the institution was in the course of ultimate extinction, and the public… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While women once acquired relationship skills to "hook," "snare," or "catch" a husband who would provide access to economic security and social… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
You can take a look at the enrollment at major institutions of higher learning. It's 65% female, 35% male. One of the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Any decent society must generate a feeling of community. Community offsets loneliness. It gives people a vitally necessary sense of belonging. Yet… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
I don't know whether the movement crashed as a result of the overwhelming character of the institutions we set out to change.… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Bankers themselves govern the Fed to some extent, and then there's the classic revolving door where Fed officials come from and then… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
The Revolution won't happen with guns, rather it will happen incrementally, year by year, generation by generation. We will gradually infiltrate their… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
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