Institution
An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given community — may it be human or a specific animal one. Institutions are identified with a social purpose, transcending individuals and intentions by mediating the rules that govern cooperative living behavior.
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Famous quotes containing the word institution:
“What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizens’ skin.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
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