Establishment Quotes

406 Establishment quotes by 328 unique authors

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
I'm on record as being understood to be a supporter of a reformed establishment, in which other Christian denominations, and other faiths, play a major… — George Carey
The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as… — Immanuel Kant
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde
Since nature does not endow all men with equal beauty or equal intelligence, and the faculty of volition leads men to make different choices, the… — Ayn Rand
The job of the organizer is to maneuver and bait the establishment so that it will publicly attack him as a â€œdangerous enemy. — Unknown Author

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