Institution Quotes

655 quotes by 497 authors

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated… — Thomas Jefferson
The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen. — Unknown Author
Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always be seen… — James A. Baldwin
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in… — Robin Winks
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that… — Andrei Sakharov
In libertinage, nothing is frightful, because everything libertinage suggests is also a natural inspiration; the most extraordinary, the most bizarre acts, those which most arrantly… — Marquis de Sade
There is no greater crime than to stand between a man and his development; to take any law or institution and put it around him… — Henry Ward Beecher
So they can create a class they don't like-here, homosexuals-or a class that they consider is suspect in the marriage category, and they can create… — Sonia Sotomayor
The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith."… — George W. Bush
Because marriage is a sacred institution and the foundation of society, it should not be redefined by activist judges. For the good of families, children… — George W. Bush
First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution, because we have delivered to… — Ron Paul
Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction… — Al Gore
Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people.… — Rose Bird
[A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of… — James Madison
The corporation is the dominant and dominating institution of our time. Governments identify growth and development with commercial corporations and shower them with subsidies, tax… — Eric Kierans
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived in… — Eric Kierans
The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the… — Ayn Rand
Due to his own original special nature, the Jew cannot possess a religious institution, if for no other reason because he lacks idealism in any… — Adolf Hitler
A folkish state must therefore begin by raising marriage from the level of a continuous defilement of the race, and give it the consecration of… — Adolf Hitler
Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used in… — Pope John Paul II

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