Implications Quote by Noam Chomsky

Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact…

— Emma Goldman

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

— Chelsea Manning

The only thing that makes change possible is the idea of developing some kind of institution, because the institutions will survive individuals.

— Wadada Leo Smith

Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not by institutions.

— Ram Dass

[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular revolution, then…

— Noam Chomsky

“If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have impact on our institutions.”

— Peter Block

No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.

— Lou Gerstner

There are a lot of things that can be done within the framework of existing institutions which would be very valuable for people.

— Noam Chomsky

Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal…

— Anonymous

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

— Joseph McCabe