“In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact that the monarch was head of the Church of England to mean that the British monarchy was itself a religious or moral institution and the monarchy became a symbol of national public morality.” MeanFactsGivenChurchReligiousMoralCenturyPositionMoralityEnglandInstitutionsBritishSymbols20th CenturyMonarchyMonarchsChurch Of EnglandBritish Monarchy Author:David Starkey
“The conservatives have already accepted a large part of the collectivist creed-a creed that has governed policy for so long that many of its institutions have come to be accepted as a matter of course and have become a source of pride to "conservative" parties who created them. Here the believer in freedom cannot but conflict with the conservative and take an essentially radical position, directed against popular prejudices, entrenched positions, and firmly established privileges. Follies and abuses are no better for having long been established principles of folly.” LongMatterCoursesPartyPrinciplesPolicyPositionSourcePrideConflictAbusePrejudiceInstitutionsPrivilegeConservativeBelieverAcceptedRadicalFollyCreedsConservative Party Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“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.” FirstsSocialPoorPositionInstitutionsOutsidersInadequacySocial Institutions Author:Atul Gawande
“The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in bothscholarly and popular arenas. Anxiety over whether or not the family as a basic social institution is dying has diminished. In its stead has emerged a fairly broad consensus around the position that the family is "here to stay," but that it certainly is changing.” WritingSocialChangeSubjectsDyingPositionAnxietyLateResearchInstitutionsDebateDiscussionBroadsArenaConsensusSocial InstitutionsResearch And Writing Book:Parenting in an unresponsive society: managing work and family life Source: Parenting in an unresponsive society: managing work and family life
“I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of race and with respect to struggles for racial equality, that does not necessarily translate into progressive positions on gender issues, progressive positions on issues of sexuality and in the latter 1990s we have to recognize the intersectionality, the interconnectedness of all of these institutions and attitudes.” ThinkingDoeHas BeensImportantBlackCommunityRaceAttitudeStruggleIssuesPositionInstitutionsGenderSexualityLatterProgressiveTranslateInterconnectednessIntersectionalityBlack CommunityRacial EqualityGender Issues Author:Angela Davis
“If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position to attenuate the disruptive expansionary tendencies of our economy.” IfsPoliticalPoliticsEconomyPositionActivityAuthorityInstitutionsFinancialTendenciesFringeDisruptiveConstrainFinancial Institutions Author:Hyman Minsky
“Crossing the Finish Line is a must-read for anyone concerned with the disturbing fact that Americans can no longer count on each generation being better educated than the last. Focusing on public institutions that educate more than three-fourths of U.S. students, Bowen, Chingos, and McPherson provide compelling arguments that institutions and policymakers must find new ways to overcome deeply entrenched patterns if our country is to regain its position as the most educated.” IfsWayCountryFactsLastsThreeLinesGenerationsPositionStudentsConcernedArgumentOvercomingInstitutionsPatternsEducatedOur CountryEducateCompellingNew WaysDisturbingCrossingsFinish Line Author:Molly Corbett Broad
“Plato assumes somehow that government is a way in which you put unselfish and ungreedy men in charge of selfish and greedy men. But government is an institution whereby the people who have the greatest drive to get power over their fellow men, get in a position of controlling them. Look at the record of government. Where are these philosopher kings that Plato supposedly was trying to develop?” PeopleMenWayTryingLooksGovernmentRecordsPositionKingsFellowsInstitutionsAssumingPhilosopherSelfishPlatoGreedyFellow ManUnselfish Author:Milton Friedman
“The government is now in a position to do what Franklin D. Roosevelt did during the Great Depression of the 1930s - use a crisis of the times to create new institutions that will last for generations. To this day, we are still subsidizing millionaires in agriculture because farmers were having a tough time in the 1930s.” StillsUseGovernmentLastsGenerationsPositionToughCrisisInstitutionsThis DayFarmersAgricultureTough TimesMillionaireFranklinGreat Depression1930s Author:Thomas Sowell
“Those in positions of scientific authority in the West who have collaborated with this new Lysenkoism because they felt they must be politically correct, and/or because of the money, publicity, and recognition to be gained, have disgraced themselves and the integrity of their institutions, organizations and publications.” FeltPositionIntegrityAuthorityOrganizationInstitutionsWestRecognitionPublicityPublicationPolitically Correct Author:Peter Ferrara
“... universal adoption of the institutions of the free society would better enable adaptation to climate both now and in the future. It would also ensure that, if at some point in the future, a real catastrophe, whether human-induced or otherwise (including climate change), does loom on the horizon, humanity would be in a better position to address it.” IfsHumansDoeRealWould BeHumanityPositionUniversalInstitutionsClimateClimate ChangeIncludingAddressesHorizonAdoptionCatastropheAdaptationFree Society Author:Julian Morris