Establishment Quotes

406 Establishment quotes by 328 unique authors

College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product… — Bill Gaede
You can send a clear message to the establishment — Rand Paul
I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best -- it's all they'll take, leaving to others the problem… — Peter De Vries
It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the… — Frederick The Great
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give… — Charles Sanders Peirce
The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of the… — Noah Webster
The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it. — Noah Webster
The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at — Saul Alinsky
The price of maintaining membership in the establishment is unquestioning acceptance of authority. — Neil Postman
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear. — Florynce Kennedy
Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and… — Andrew Jackson
The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but ... to… — Joseph Story
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the happy hour when… — George Washington
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected… — William O. Douglas
The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to allow various intelligence… — Terence McKenna
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of… — Max Scheler
When a language begins to teem with books, it is tending to refinement; as those who undertake to teach others must have undergone some labour… — Samuel Johnson
Religions are vague, of course. This means that they are easy to follow -you can interpret their prescriptions as you like. but it also means… — Fareed Zakaria
To me nonviolence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people. Therefore I am devoting all my energies toward… — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate. — Rem Koolhaas
In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key. — George Bernard Shaw
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment — George Washington
Today's child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured… — Marshall McLuhan
Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical… — Giorgio Agamben
The unwritten rules of behaviour are infinite in number, finely shaded, and subtle to the last fraction of a degree. They are not to be… — Hal Porter

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