#institutions

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good. ↗

— Felix Adler

#affecting #been #community #conviction #day

The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#affected #business #confidence #consumer #consumer confidence

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.' ↗

— Warren Buffett

#actively #believe #calling #engages #institutions

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#consistent #country #efforts #honor #institutions

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

— Jacques Chirac

#insist #institutions #need #responsive #updated

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#cultural #deficit #even #history #human

Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure. ↗

— John Conyers

#call #ceased #conference #donors #immediately

It 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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#ample #constitution #enduring #fertility #genius