#institutions

Power 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. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#any #celebrated #celebrity #center #does

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy. ↗

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

#authoritative #community #expert #global #illiteracy

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. ↗

— George Osborne

#believe #commitment #conservatives #gay #gay marriage

Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#collapse #institutions #layout #only #perfection

I have a vision that's about technology that empowers consumers over institutions. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#consumers #empowers #i #institutions #over

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#corporations #did #doors #during #equal

A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#economy #essential #fertile #free #free economy

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#accepting #chooses #egoism #exist #far

Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of our society. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#appreciate #citizens #common #common values #decency

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#could #institutions #kind #law #progress