The most valuable assets of a 20th-century company were its production equipment. The most valuable assets of a 21st-century institution, whether business or nonbusiness, will be its knowledge, workers, and their productivity.
Allegations that President Clinton pardoned Marc Rich partly in return for donations to his presidential library have raised questions about the value of such institutions and the federal appropriations that support them.
Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed.
VA is a unique national resource that is worth saving, and I am committed to doing just that.
Successful business leaders who have helped build institutions of lasting value - all are committed to talent and a culture of excellence. This is usually accomplished by the identification, retention, and development of great people.
I don't think the Church has ever contributed anything to anybody, anyplace, at any time.
If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or should be laid aside; but just the Reverse.
The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.
If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect - its effect upon conscious experience - we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.
A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.
[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy.
The monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable.
Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
