Sentence examples for lasting institutions from inspiring English sources

The Thai constitution was just eight years old when the coup occurred, not 220-plus, and Thailand has long been known for the fluidity of its politics and its difficulty with grounding consistent, lasting institutions.

The NSS states that the U.S. is committed to lasting institutions such as the U.N., and it notes the value of diplomacy in interacting with other nations.

Creative Philanthropy is focused on building lasting institutions of excellence.

And will Haiti's leaders move beyond the ephemeral scramble for money and power so that the country can build lasting institutions worthy of the talents of its people?

Mr. Obama's questions during Situation Room sessions, some of his current and former aides say, seem to reflect a concern that his first term was spent putting out fires, rather than building lasting institutions.

Even as these firms have gotten bigger and bigger over the years, they are still very sharp reflections of their founders, and these guys are all now mostly in their 60s, closing in on 70, and are thinking a lot about their legacies having created what seem to be real lasting institutions at this point.

LONDON — Jean Monnet, the postwar architect of European unity, once wrote: "Nothing is possible without men, but nothing is lasting without institutions".

From a complex adaptive system perspective on HD theoretical processes, economic progress is a necessary condition for successful secularization and expressive political behavior, which are antecedents for lasting democratic institutions.

One of the founders of what became the European Union, Jean Monnet, once said: "Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions".

Robert Heasley, a sociology professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the president of the American Men's Studies Associationn, said weddings were one of the last institutions to hold on to strict roles for the sexes, but that they were changing.

"They're the last institutions allowed to support discrimination and encourage class distinctions in this country," Mr. Graham said, "and since the clubs are private, it all gets very little exposure.