Institution Quotes

655 Institution quotes by 497 unique authors

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia. — David Remnick
The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans… — Eliot Spitzer
I think that all countries that participate in multilateral institutions see the institutions as a way of advancing what they view as their national interests… — Paul Wolfowitz
Historically, royal families have represented an institution. The institution is built on heritage, and is timeless in that sense. — Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. — Bashar al-Assad
If you look at my CV, just about everything I have done has come through a publicly funded institution; it is a career entirely built… — Elizabeth Price
When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has weakened… — Michel Martelly
Yankee Stadium was the only thing we had in the Bronx. It was an institution. — Penny Marshall
A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast. — Andrew O'Hagan
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in… — Mark Helprin
The people of the Sudan expect a lot from the institution of the presidency, and we should live up to their expectations. — Salva Kiir Mayardit
There is a real sense of anger among many people who are married that the government, any government, thinks it has the ability to change… — Philip Hammond
This country, of course, needs fundamental reform of our financial regulatory system, as I, and many other financial institution executives, have publicly advocated for a… — Stephen A. Schwarzman
The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone. — Theodore Zeldin
For a healthy society, those laws and conventions should always support marriage as an institution characterised by an openness to children and the responsibility of… — Vincent Nichols
When I first came to Oxford, I struggled to feel comfortable in an Anglican, public school-dominated institution. — Niall Ferguson
It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish slavery as a… — Lysander Spooner
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it, and to furnish… — John Adams
Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind. — Unknown Author
We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had the intelligence to create. We might have been landed with… — Unknown Author
The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution — Thomas Jefferson
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that he profits most who serves best and I… — Charles H Spurgeon
Marriage is a great institution. No family should be without it. — Mae West
It is important to remember that whereas justice has grandeur not devolving from the simian skull of man, law is a human institution and therefore… — Propertius
Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up. — Les Dawson

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