Institutions Quotes

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The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide. — Victor Hugo
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the… — John Hume
I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I… — Hubert H. Humphrey
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. — Lee Iacocca
Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick… — Ivan Illich
I always enjoy the job and the work that I do, because that's the condition that I attach in accepting any job. This way, I… — Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival. — William Ralph Inge
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today… — Naveen Jain
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. — Thomas Jefferson
In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire… — Bobby Jindal
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility… — Lyndon B. Johnson
In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code… — E. Stanley Jones
We have responsibilities for others, not just across space but across time. We have responsibilities to people who came before us. They left us a… — Tony Judt
It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We… — Alveda King
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. — Barbara Kingsolver
Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people… — Jack Kingston
Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased. — Joe Klein
I thought at the time that I wanted to go into institutional sales, selling stocks and bonds to institutions. In those days, which was the… — Henry Kravis
With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly. — Aung San Suu Kyi
I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined.… — Dalai Lama
America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and… — Richard Lamm
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they… — Christopher Lasch
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no… — Doris Lessing
Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and… — John L. Lewis

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