#institution

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#belief #institutions #into #passage #power

In this context, social consensus, and institutions that embody this consensus, must be made effective in order for democratization not to be abused as a provisional instrument to establish an anti-democratic regime. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#consensus #context #democratization #effective #embody

I hope that the institution will succeed in maximizing students' potential in the same way. I will give all of my stock to this institution. It will own the Bose Corporation and be funded by the Bose Corporation. ↗

— Amar Bose

#funded #give #hope #i #i hope that

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam. ↗

— Abdurrahman Wahid

#because #belief #cling #danger #defend

Individuals are prey to institutions in modern mass societies... Individuals can struggle mightily against institutionalized conditions, but without changing the institutions themselves, those efforts will be largely for naught, since people tire, lose focus, forget, and, eventually, give up their ghosts, while institutions share no such limitations. ↗

— Brian Awehali

#politics #politics-observation #power #radicalism #change

Modern society, the political body, the legal and judiciary system, the state of governance, capitalism and the very fabric of the society itself, including our religions and so-called morals and values, are institutions steeped in traditions of absolute and total violence. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#government #institution #morality #politics #religion

I just wish this social institution [religion] wasn't based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isn't true. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#customs #falsehood #falsehoods #hoax #institutions

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#by the time #change #critics #during #everybody

I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#create #heads #i #i can #institutions

Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery? ↗

— Tatyana Ali

#been #democracy #ever #institution #slavery