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Institution Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself…
- The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.
- As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one would say, where there is a lull of truth, an…
- Where there is a lull in truth an institution springs up.
- Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and…
- I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones,…
- He is perhaps the sanest man and has the fewest crotchets of any I chance to know; the same yesterday and to-morrow. Of yore we…
More Institution Quotes
- When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have… — Drew Barrymore
- An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the… — Clara Barton
- Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. God wanted Adam… — Lewis Black
- Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family. — John Boehner
- An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality… — Daniel J. Boorstin
- There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people… — David Bowie
- Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state. — Tony Campolo
- President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one… — Tony Campolo
- Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution. — Al Capp
- The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages. — Horatio Alger
- Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent… — Benjamin Carson
- Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various… — Michael N. Castle