“The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused. The only way to get us back to the traditions where the Senate is doing the work of the American people is to change the rules.” PeopleWayBrokenTraditionInstitutionsSenate Author:Tom Udall
“Education Proceeds ultimately from the patterns furnished by institutions, customs, and laws- If the patterns of institutions, customs, and laws are broken for this philosophy education should fix itself. There should be several different things taught instead of one "Supreme Factor".” IfsShouldDifferentPhilosophyLawTaughtBrokenInstitutionsPatternsSupremeFactorsDifferent ThingsCustomsPhilosophy Of Education Author:John Dewey
“Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned. If no individual or institution possesses the authority to act without of everybody else in the room, then nobody is at fault if anything goes wrong.” IfsIndividualRoomsPiecesBrokenThousandAuthorityInstitutionsFaultsAnything Goes Book:Waiting for the Barbarians Source: Waiting for the Barbarians
“The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.” GovernmentThreeBrokenInstitutionsCongressBranchesBranches Of GovernmentThree Branches Of Government Author:Carl Bernstein
“In brief, we have no explicit family policy but instead have a haphazard patchwork of institutions and programs designed mostly under crisis conditions, whether the crisis is national in scope (such as a recession ) or personal (such as a break-up of a particular family).” FamilyBreakConditionsPolicyParticularBrokenProgramCrisisInstitutionsScopeRecessionsExplicitHaphazardPatchwork Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“I have seen an entire family lifted out of poverty and into affluence by the simple boon of a broken leg. I have had people come to me on crutches, with tears in their eyes, to bless this beneficient institution. In all my experiences of life, I have seen nothing so seraphic as the look that comes into a freshly mutilated man's face when he feels in his vest pocket with his remaining hand and finds his accident ticket all right.” PeopleMenFeelsLooksHandsEyeFacesSimplePovertyTearsBrokenInstitutionsLegsAccidentsPocketsBlessTicketsAffluenceCrutchesBoonVestsBroken Leg Book:Mark Twain Speaking Source: Mark Twain Speaking
“No. It is not acceptable that the 6 largest financial institutions in this country have assets of almost 10 trillion dollars, and issue half of the mortgages and two-thirds of the credit cards. That is too much wealth and power in the hands of a few. If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today he'd tell us to 'break them up.' And he'd be right. These huge banks must be broken up.” IfsTwoCountryHandsTodayWealthHalfBreakIssuesToo MuchAliveHugeBrokenThirdsInstitutionsDollarsFinancialCreditCardsAssetsAcceptableMortgageCredit CardLive For TodayTeddyBroken UpFinancial Institutions Author:Bernie Sanders
“Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.” SoulSufferingBrokenCrisisInstitutionsWestBrokennessBroken Family Author:Gary Bauer