Institution Quotes

655 quotes by 497 authors

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social… — David Vitter
Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. — Learned Hand
The financial crisis has underscored how insufficient attention to fundamental corporate governance concepts can have devastating effects on an institution and its continued viability. It… — Unknown Author
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ... had… — Paul Collier
There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery. — Robert M. T. Hunter
African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and political fabric of the South; and whatever wars against it, wars against her very existence.… — Laurence M. Keitt
How could you set yourself up as the most powerful institution on earth? You first find out what every man feels at least once a… — Anton Szandor LaVey
I'm not in favor of no government. You do need a government. But by doing so many things that the government has no business doing,… — Milton Friedman
Homosexuals are not monogamous. They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth. — James Dobson
What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve? — Peter Drucker
The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say… — William O. Douglas
No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive. — Lou Gerstner
Applaud us when we prevail, correct us when we fail; but, above all, do not let this indispensable, irreplaceable institution wither, languish or perish as… — Kofi Annan
To me the gold price takes the form of a very uncomplicated formula, and all you have to do is divide one by 'n.' And… — James Grant
If human nature does alter it will be because individuals manage to look at themselves in a new way. Here and there people - a… — E. M. Forster
The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility — Jonathan Mayhew
They are more properly â€˜The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.â€™ No rulers are properly Godâ€™s ministers, but such as are â€˜just, ruling in the… — Jonathan Mayhew
We must look at the institution of slavery as publicists, and not as casuists. It is a question of law, and not a case of… — Roger Brooke Taney
Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orientâ€”dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of… — Edward Said
A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. — Eric Ries

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