--- title: "9 Social Institution Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Social Institution quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Social Institution sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/rmkatta-20281_institution_language-is-a-social-institution-2612772_2612772.jpg" --- > [Language is a social institution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rmkatta/language-is-a-social-institution/) RMKATTA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/rmkatta-20281_institution_language-is-a-social-institution-2612772_2612772.jpg) > [The military is arguably the most significant social institution in our country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance-2/the-military-is-arguably-the-most-significant-social-institution-in/) [J. D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/j-d-vance-2-3852_country_the-military-is-arguably-the-most-signif_2556618.jpg) > [Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/ego-is-a-social-institution-with-no-physical-reality-the-ego-is/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/shunryu-suzuki-1280_ego_ego-is-a-social-institution-with-no-phys_45614.png) > [Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-l-payton/philanthropy-is-the-principal-social-institution-that-provides/) [Robert L. Payton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-l-payton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/robert-l-payton-42358_institutions_philanthropy-is-the-principal-social-ins_2487170.jpg) > [He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family--the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-strindberg/he-saw-the-cause-of-his-unhappiness-in-the-family-the-family-as-a/) [August Strindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-strindberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/august-strindberg-3638_causes_he-saw-the-cause-of-his-unhappiness-in-t_2174648.png) > [“The social institution of marriage is first and foremost a covenant relationship in which a man and a woman pledge themselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/the-social-institution-of-marriage-is-first-and-foremost-a-covenant/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/gary-chapman-1325_bible_the-social-institution-of-marriage-is-fi_1773812.png) > [Those social behaviors which automatically preclude the building of a democratic world must go - every social limitation of human beings in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/those-social-behaviors-which-automatically-preclude-the-building-of-a/) [Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/margaret-mead-982_behavior_those-social-behaviors-which-automatical_1284832.jpg) > [I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/i-believe-that-the-school-is-primarily-a-social-institution-education/) [John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/john-dewey-545_agency_i-believe-that-the-school-is-primarily-a_583502.png) > [The State, completely in its genesis, essentially and almost completely during the first stages of its existence, is a social institution, forced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-oppenheimer/the-state-completely-in-its-genesis-essentially-and-almost-completely/) Franz Oppenheimer [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/franz-oppenheimer-70039_defeated_the-state-completely-in-its-genesis-esse_2073894.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/social-institution/#itemlist", "name": "Social Institution Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Language is a social institution.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "RMKATTA" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rmkatta/language-is-a-social-institution/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/rmkatta-20281_institution_language-is-a-social-institution-2612772_2612772.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/rmkatta-20281_institution_language-is-a-social-institution-2612772_2612772.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/rmkatta-20281_institution_language-is-a-social-institution-2612772_2612772.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Language is a social institution.” — RMKATTA", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The military is arguably the most significant social institution in our country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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