Catastrophe Quote by Iyad Allawi

The state is the most destructive institution human beings have ever devised - a fire that, at best, can be controlled for only a…

— Robert Higgs

The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.

— Henrik Ibsen

State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.

— Noam Chomsky

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

— Anthony Gregory

How many examples do we have of these bodies [of the state] set up to eliminate a problem, actually eliminating it, shutting down their…

— Greg Sams

Until higher institutions have been evolved, any attempt to break the old ones will be disastrous.

— Swami Vivekananda

Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution

— Anonymous

It's possible, without taking sides or playing the statesman game, to reduce destruction simply by reducing the development of technology of destruction.

— Jaron Lanier

We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We do these…

— Ronald Reagan

To restore confidence in our markets and our financial institutions so they can fuel continued growth and prosperity, we must address the underlying problem.…

— Henry Paulson

Anybody who has watched government from the inside recognizes that governments need institutions, need ways to respond to crises.

— Joseph Stiglitz

“Institutionalization is not, however, an irreversible process, despite the fact that institutions, once formed, have a tendency to persist.49 For a variety of historical…

— Peter L. Berger