Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.

Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.

The E.U., its institutions, structure and ways of working are an anachronism.

It's more than a game. It's an institution.

We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.

The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution.

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

Artists who take on curatorial activities have the advantage of negating the professional hurdles and limitations comprising institutions.

Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.

The world is a penal institution.

The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.

The military is arguably the most significant social institution in our country.

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.