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Institutions Quotes

Institutions quotes here examine how organizations gain identity, how corruption can seep into any institution over time, and how young institutions get shaped by their early leaders before eventually shaping the leaders who follow. Private equity's growing reach into institutions also gets a mention.

These institutions quotes look at how corruption can creep into any organization, and how Society and institutions end up shaping each other.

The BJP must nurture the institutions that put credible checks and balances in place.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

My husband is in branding. He brands places - cities, institutions.

Quotes by Tzipi Livni

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

Quotes by Stokely Carmichael

The IMF and other multilateral institutions do not appear to have prevented nations from manipulating the value of their own currencies.

Quotes by Steve Mnuchin

Education Quotes

I am good at conceptualizing and building institutions.

Quotes by Shiv Nadar

We need the media as the foundation of functioning institutions.

Quotes by Richard Edelman

A disciplined and morally upright nation is built by disciplined and morally upright institutions.

Quotes by Ram Nath Kovind

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

Quotes by Priti Patel

I'm a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.

Quotes by Paul Haggis

Legacy Quotes

The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.

Quotes by Paddy Ashdown

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

Quotes by Morris West

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

Quotes by Montesquieu

Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.

Quotes by Michael Lee-Chin

MoMA is one of the world's most admired cultural institutions.

Quotes by Martin Winterkorn

Society Quotes

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

Quotes by John W. Gardner

All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.

Quotes by John Stuart Mill

I'm fairly skeptical of movements, organizations, and institutions in general.

Quotes by Jeff Vandermeer

We know what we are. Our business is originating, distributing, and managing capital for individuals and institutions.

Quotes by James P. Gorman

The Internet is not kind to established institutions.

Quotes by Jamais Cascio

Stability Quotes

France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.

Quotes by Jacques Chirac

Frequently Asked Questions

Can institutions function like brands?
One quote notes that branding work can extend to cities and institutions themselves, treating them almost like any other identity to be shaped and communicated.
Are all institutions immune to corruption?
No. One quote argues that every institution remains vulnerable to corruption, shaped by the flaws of the people running it, no matter what it was originally built for.
How do institutions and leadership influence each other over time?
One quote observes that early leaders shape a society's institutions, but later those same institutions go on to shape the leaders who follow.
Has private equity changed who controls major institutions?
One quote notes that private equity, once the domain of wealthy individuals, has increasingly become tied to institutions themselves.
What other quotes pair well with institutions quotes?
See our Society quotes collection for more on structure, trust, and public life.

Continue with Stability quotes on lasting structure, and Legacy quotes on what institutions leave behind.