Institutions Quotes - Page 9

• All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Christian, Atheist

  Thomas Paine (1821). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine”, p.2

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• It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.

  Noam Chomsky

  Freedom, Power, Government

  Noam Chomsky (2013). “How the World Works”, p.217, Soft Skull Press

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• All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Challenges, Progress, Firsts

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.1156, e-artnow

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• Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.

  Noam Chomsky

  Democracy, Principles, Definitions

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “Language and Politics”, p.138, AK Press

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• To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

  Stephen Breyer

  Umpires, Justice, Liberty

  "Justice For Sale". "Journal" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. February 19, 2010.

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• In my short experience of human life, the outward obstacles, if there were any such, have not been living men, but the institutions of the dead.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Obstacles, Tradition

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.91, Xist Publishing

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• A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

  Douglas William Jerrold

  Moon, Men, Looks

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• A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies; rather, it is a structure of unconscious relations and symbiotic processes.

  William Irwin Thompson

  World, Structure, Process

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• If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man--not to make any invidious comparison--is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.... Thus his moral ground is taken from under his feet.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Money, Taken, Men

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• Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

  Phil Donahue

  Stars, Special, Imagine

  "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 24, 2005.

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• France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.

  Jacques Chirac

  Needs, France

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Since its founding in 1854, Penn State has proven to be a leading institution of higher learning.

  Tim Holden

  Penn State, States, Higher Learning

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• Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

  Leland Stanford

  School, Law, Members

  Leland Stanford (1887). “Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...”

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• I'm forming a charitable institution for education.

  Amar Bose

  Charitable

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• Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture.

  William Irwin Thompson

  Mistake, Culture, Artificial

  William Irwin Thompson (2015). “Self and Society: Studies in the Evolution of Cutlture, Second Enlarged Edition”, p.95, Andrews UK Limited

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• I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it's just an idea.

  Lara Flynn Boyle

  Thinking, Ideas, Great Idea

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• I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.

  Thomas Cech

  Thinking, Leader, Research

  "Funding above and beyond scientific research". Interview with Holger Breithaupt, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. September 15, 2001.

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• Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.

  Peter Garrett

  Issues, Understanding, Research

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

  Cal Thomas

  Government, People, Function

  Cal Thomas, Wayne Stayskal (2001). “The Wit & Wisdom of Cal Thomas”

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• Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.

  Abdurrahman Wahid

  Two, Islam, Important

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• You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth.

  David Horowitz

  Names, People, Mouths

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• I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

  Akhmad Kadyrov

  Love, Peace, Election

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• It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

  Douglas Hyde

  Way, Language, Shame

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• The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan.

  Mark Shields

  Moving, Community, Pakistan

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• As far as the targets hit by the Islamic attackers, I do not consider the WTC a U.S. institution, but the headquarters of most that's wrong with our present masters.

  Tom Metzger

  Islamic, Target, Masters

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