Courses Quote by Emma Goldman

First there is the democratic idea: that all men are endowed by their creator with certain natural rights; that these rights are alienable only…

— Theodore Parker

As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far…

— Charles Horton Cooley

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a…

— Noam Chomsky

“Individuals are prey to institutions in modern mass societies... Individuals can struggle mightily against institutionalized conditions, but without changing the institutions themselves, those efforts…

— Brian Awehali

“Where will it all end? In the destruction of all other command for the benefit of one alone - that of the state. In…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of…

— Clara Barton

Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the…

— Anonymous

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excersize…

— Abe Lincoln

Human Rights, The essence of Human existence

— DrMohammed Abad Alrazak

“Democratic institutions awaken and foster a passion for equality which they can never entirely satisfy. This complete equality eludes the grasp of the people…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -The 5000 Year Leap

— Benjamin Franklin