In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.

We have jobs in Maharashtra but outsiders are getting them. They are also getting admission in educational institutions depriving our children of their rights.

If large financial institutions can break the law and accumulate million in profits - and, if they get caught, settle by paying out of those profits - they do not have much incentive to follow the law.

I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

In the midst of the war against ISIS, we have also waged war on corruption in civil and military institutions.

Prior to the 2008 recession, many financial institutions were engaging in 'proprietary lending,' where a bank would invest funds for its own gain instead of earning revenue through commission by trading on behalf of clients.

We created the hierarchical, pyramidal, managerial system because we needed it to keep track of people and things people did; with the computer to keep track, we can restructure our institutions horizontally.

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.

The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.

No one reaches the Oval Office without a great deal of admiration for the institution - and himself - so it's unsurprising that sitting presidents favor the biographies of former presidents.

After we leave the E.U., the British Standards Institute should also remain a member of the European Standards Organisation, which is not an E.U. institution.

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.

Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful.

You can still do the Big Lie in Miami and get away with it. This is a town where the basic institutions have collapsed.

When the BBC approached me, it just felt right for me to be a part of an institution like Eurovision.

The institutions of the European Union, and the states that belong to this union, each and every one, are paying the price of our failures, hesitations and contradictions. We should each ask ourselves how personally responsible we are.

Thackeray is an institution that cannot become irrelevant because of one election.

Transnational organized cybercriminal groups have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and ordinary citizens.