Those which we call necessary
institutions are simply no more than
institutions to which we have become accustomed.
View quotes by TocquevilleAll censorships exist to prevent any one 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 censorships.
View quotes by George Bernard ShawIf you don't think there is a need for
institutions like the UN, then you don't understand the nature of the world too well.
View quotes by Sam FarrWe are a religious people whose
institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
View quotes by William O DouglasIf the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our
institutions, great is our sin.
View quotes by Charles DarwinThe whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and
institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
View quotes by Walter BagehotAs long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other
institutions, I am free to print anything.
View quotes by Pierre De BeaumarchaisI'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two
institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
View quotes by George CarlinNo man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and
institutions and ways of thinking.
View quotes by Ruth BenedictI am concerned about a society that has demonstrably lost confidence in its
institutions, in the government, in the press, in the church, in the military - as well as in business.
View quotes by George CabotAgainst the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead
institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.
View quotes by Margaret SangerEquality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in
institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
View quotes by Simone WeilIt is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring
institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
View quotes by Lyndon JohnsonAnd so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine
institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.
View quotes by Simon RavenPower is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major
institutions.
View quotes by C Wright MillsBritain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution: In Britain our
institutions evolve. [on the lack of revolution in Britain]
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