Institutions Quotes

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I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before… — Edward Abbey
The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race. — Mark Twain
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual… — Peter Blair Henry
Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision. — Bill Drayton
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the… — Francis Fukuyama
Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed. — Cynthia Dill
One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
Non-bank financial institutions provide credit that is essential to U.S. businesses and consumers. — Henry Paulson
The spiritual ambiguity growing up made me really latch onto a faith - Protestantism - that was somewhat conventional. Everyone else was rebelling against traditions… — Sufjan Stevens
The result of the collaborative culture is that corporations or government institutions focus intensely on internal culture and pour their energy into achieving minuscule policy… — Amity Shlaes
If the only people we seek to impress are within our own ivory towers of artistic excellence or our hallowed institutions, we will find the… — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
The aim of open government is to take advantage of the know-how and entrepreneurial spirit of those outside government institutions to work together with those… — Beth Simone Noveck
Very long ago our ancestors had moral systems. Our current institutions are only a couple of thousand years old, which is really not old in… — Frans de Waal
Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected parliament that does… — Geoff Mulgan
I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the… — Geoffrey Canada
One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values they… — Harsha Bhogle
Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders… — Ivan Krastev
What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less and less people… — Ivan Krastev
Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust. — Ivan Krastev
The Internet is not kind to established institutions. — Jamais Cascio
There is close to zero trust in institutions in Afghanistan. The mobile carriers have more trust than the banks. — Jan Chipchase
I think that by creating a world of plenty, by creating institutions and organizations that promote knowledge and promote understanding, I think I could be… — Michio Kaku
There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid the defamation of… — Hassan Nasrallah
There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and… — Charlie Pierce

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