Quotes about Institution

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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and econ — John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it. — E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus — Audre Lorde
Whose little boy are you? — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Invariably, knowledge dictates life, liberty, and death, but those who have historically occupied the seats of power not — Martin Guevara Urbina, Latino Access to Higher Education: Ethnic Realitites and New Directions for the Twenty-first Century
Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of tim — Richard Dawkins
I just wish this social institution [religion] wasn't based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an ac — Andy Rooney, Sincerely, Andy Rooney
Religion is nothing but institutionalized mysticism. The catch is, mysticism does not lend itself to institutionalizatio — Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
The church may update its techniques and methods, but it is always in service of the institutional organism. This is one — Darrel Ray, Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
Without the persistent rising up of individuals that seek the Lord and place themselves under His direct leadership, chu — Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
In every civilized society, there is an established institution put in place to design laws that make people live civili — Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance
The acquiring of intelligence doesn't require an institution if you got the heart to seek knowledge, and the balls to us — James Emlund
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to — Keith Richards
Teachers dread nothing so much as unusual characteristics in precocious boys during the initial stages of their adolesce — Hermann Hesse, Beneath the Wheel
With or without 'college' we are able to use our senses by perceiving the world around us, that in turn shapes and creat — Nadja Sam
If people institute wrong institutions, wrong institutions do not just produce wrong people, but wrong people who unders — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Same-sex marriage has not created problems for religious institutions religious institutions have created problems for s — DaShanne Stokes
My father learned his disinterest under the guise of masculinity. Boys don’t cry. There are whole disciplines, instituti — Susan Griffin, A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War
Psychiatric institutions are filled with lots of normal people. — Anthony T. Hincks