An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; all history resolves itself easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons.
The Institution is necessary to the nation — Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
The Institution is what springs up where there is a lull of truth, just as a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind.
An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley, Abolition, of Clarkson.
The Market is amoral... it does not care who you are... you are nothing but a trade to the market, and it will sell you if they think you're riskier.
The Market is kind of a drunken psycho. Some days he gets very enthused, some days he gets very depressed. And when he get really enthused you sell to him, and if he gets depressed, you buy from him. There's no moral taint attached to that.
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