Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.
I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.
As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.
HBCUs have been a bedrock of the Black community since their founding, evolving into institutions of prodigious scholarship and activism, and educating African-Americans nationwide.
Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so.
Mandela was a guy who didn't come in and just eviscerate the existing institutions. He sought to co-opt them. He brought white South Africans into his government.
Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
Corporations and financiers have used their growing influence to induce governments and international organizations to construct a global framework of institutions and regulations that enable elites to maximize their rental income.