“While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble.” TroublePoliticianInstitutionsFoundationCreatorNuclearGravesAdvertisementsClergyNuclear Families Book:Dark Age Ahead Source: Dark Age Ahead
“Ronald Reagan rebuilt the American presidency; it was in trouble when he came into office as an institution, and he did through his communications and through his own inspiration, and his principles. I think he did lift our spirits about, and convince us that once again that the future of the best, our best days were always ahead of us.” ThinkingInspirationSpiritPrinciplesTroubleCommunicationOfficeInstitutionsLiftsConvincePresidencyConvince Us Author:David Gergen
“Poor people always pay back their loans. [...] It is us, the designers of institutions and rules, who keep creating trouble for them.” PeoplePoorPayTroubleCreatingInstitutionsCreatorPoor PeopleLoan Author:Muhammad Yunus
“The trouble with the new world we have watched being created over the past decade is that it sees no further than money. People have always been obsessed with money, of course - greed is as old as history. But when the institutions that govern all our lives forget there was ever anything else, then it gets dangerous.” PeopleWorldPastCoursesForgetMoneyOur LivesTroubleDangerousInstitutionsGreedDecadesObsessedNew WorldOver The Past Book:Take it personally: how to make conscious choices to change the world Source: Take it personally: how to make conscious choices to change the world
“Consider children as a beat. Clearly not an institution of power, children don't vote and they don't pass taxes. They have no money, and they don't buy newspapers or watch the news on television. Consequently, children are one of the most neglected segments of society in the news, except as a subtopic of other power beats such as education, family, and crime. Children are in serious trouble in this society, which means the foundation of our society is in trouble, which means the future is in trouble, and that is news.” MeanChildrenWatchesTroubleCrimeTelevisionSeriousTaxesNewsBeatsVoteInstitutionsFoundationNewspapersOur SocietyNeglectedNo MoneyThis Society Author:Joan Konner
“Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems.” ProblemHomeNumbersGrowing UpGrowingTroubleGroupsMonthsInstitutionsHospitalsLockedLocked UpPsychiatricPsychiatric Hospitals Author:Gbenga Akinnagbe
“The military is such a hierarchical institution. It's an institution where, if you are assaulted by a person senior to you, you're probably the person that's expendable and that's going to get in trouble.” IfsPersonsTroubleMilitaryInstitutionsSeniorExpendables Author:Joy-Ann Reid