#establishment

What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins. ↗

— Elbridge Gerry

#army #attempt #bane #destroy #establishment

The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the early and mid-nineties, it didn't really affect it. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#bred #budgets #cold #cold war #down

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#cross #died #establishment #ideally #like

President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether or not a plan that already failed once will fail again, the establishment would rather distract the American people with gossip. ↗

— Alveda King

#again #already #american #american people #around

On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#been #california #diego #establishment #i

Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#careful #educate #educational #establishment #kind

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it. ↗

— Noah Webster

#christian religion #corruptions #ecclesiastical #establishments #europe

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#called #create #establishment #feel #going

As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment. ↗

— Peter Wright

#avoid #being #bohemian #could #difficulties

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened. ↗

— Bella Abzug

#frightened #little #little men #made #men