Institution

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:

    “The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizens’ skin.”
    —Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)

    “La la la, Oh music swims back to me
    and I can feel the tune they played
    the night they left me
    in this private institution on a hill.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “No institution will be better than the institutor.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)