“The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State.” MeanCountryStatesActionSpiritualPoliticalReligionPoliticsForceNationsSocialFeltEducationEconomicFieldsEconomicsClaimsInstitutionsLaysEducationalCorporateLengthFascismAssociationFascistsBreadthOrganisedEducational Institutions Author:Benito Mussolini
“The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the possibilities of their reform.” JusticePossibilityDependsClaimsInstitutionsReformObedienceFormal Book:A Theory of Justice Source: A Theory of Justice
“I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are such institutions - must have experienced the desire for self-destruction.” SelfDesireCultureLiteratureCenturyDestructionClaimsInstitutionsMalesSexismSpheresAestheticsSelf Destruction Author:Christa Wolf
“We stand then for freedom, because we claim the right to develop our own individuality and evolve our own destiny along our own lines, unembarrassed by what Western civilisation has to teach us and unhampered by the institutions which the West has imposed.” LinesTeachDestinyClaimsInstitutionsWestWesternIndividualityEvolveCivilisation Author:Chittaranjan Das
“No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality.” DoeRealIdealsTestsClaimsInstitutionsTechniqueAccomplishmentVitality Author:John Milton
“So many of the wars in history, thousands and thousands of them for the past five, six, seven thousand years, have been related to differences in Truth claims. If we can evolve beyond that problem, then I think there's some chance that we could retire the whole institution of war and begin to focus on the peaceful evolution of humanity.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensWarWholeProblemPastHumanityDifferencesChanceFiveFocusEvolutionThousandSixClaimsInstitutionsSevenPeacefulEvolveRelatedRetiringThousand YearsInterfaith Author:Wayne Teasdale
“But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and especially its claim to infallibility-is to be found in Christ's words or in the conception of the men of his time.” MenFoundNamesChristChurchHe ManClaimsInstitutionsConceptionSacramentsHierarchyInfallibility Book:The kingdom of God: and peace essays Source: The kingdom of God: and peace essays
“The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it.” ThinkingWarRealClassInfluenceMediaClaimsInstitutionsCourtCongressContraryFavorsMeaningfulEndlessChecksAdministrationEstablishmentDisputesSecrecyConstraintsBoundlessContinuation Author:Glenn Greenwald
“The instructor has to teach history, cosmogony, psychology, ethics, the laws of nations. How can he do it without saying anything favorable or unfavorable about the beliefs of evangelical Christians, Catholics, Socinians, Deists, pantheists, materialists, or fetish worshipers, who all claim equal rights under American institutions? His teaching will indeed be "the play of Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omitted."” PlayChristianLawBeliefNationsTeachPsychologyRightsTeachingEqualEthicsClaimsCatholicInstitutionsEqual RightsEvangelicalInstructorsFetishDeist Author:Robert Dabney
“In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with all its parties is representative of the political opinions among the citizens. It is reasonable to claim that the people rule itself through the political institutions.” PeopleCountryPoliticalPartyOpinionCitizensClaimsInstitutionsDemocraticReasonableRepresentativesParliamentIndirectPopulistEuropean CountriesPolitical OpinionsPolitical Institutions Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is not reasonable to claim that the people rules itself through the political institutions. In comparison, I find that the standard European system is better, also as a model for global democracy.” PeopleShouldTwoDifferentPoliticalCoursesPartyDemocracyModelsStandardsClaimsInstitutionsReasonableComparisonPolitical InstitutionsTwo Party System Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“We have to find a way of understanding how one category of sex can be "assigned" from both and another sense of sex can lead us to resist and reject that sex assignment. How do we understand that second sense of sex? It is not the same as the first - it is not an assignment that others give us. But maybe it is an assignment we give ourselves? If so, do we not need a world of others, linguistic practices, social institutions, and political imaginaries in order to move forward to claim precisely those categories we require, and to reject those that work against us?” IfsWorldWayNeedsGivingFirstsMovingPoliticalOrderSocialSexUnderstandingPracticeClaimsInstitutionsMoving ForwardRejectsCategoriesAssignmentsSocial Institutions Author:Judith Butler
“Let's not forget that for thousands of years the institution of marriage has been between a man and a woman. Until quite recently, in a limited number of countries, there has been no such thing as a marriage between persons of the same gender. Suddenly we are faced with the claim that thousands of years of human experience should be set aside because we should not discriminate in relation to the institution of marriage. When that claim is made, the burden of proving that this step will not undo the wisdom and stability of millennia of experience lies on those who would make the change.” MenShouldYearsHumansPersonsHas BeensMadeCountryLyingForgetNumbersStepsProveClaimsRelationInstitutionsBurdenGenderStabilityHuman Experience Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in accordance with the Constitution, but the reality of state - society relations is dramatically altered by the counter-terrorist claims of emergency rule and the right of exception.” StatesRealityFormDemocracySpeechConstitutionClaimsRelationElectionInstitutionsTerroristExceptionProtectedFree SpeechEmergenciesAlteredAmerican Society Author:Richard A. Falk
“We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.” TryingHumansChurchIdealsClaimsInstitutionsDenyThis LifeDistinctive Book:Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church Source: Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church