> A constitution is only as good as the quality of the institutions that exist to defend it. People: > Rule #3: Institutions will not save you. * Masha Gesse

> A constitution is only as good as the quality of the institutions that exist to defend it. People: > Rule #3: Institutions will not save you. * Masha Gessen, "Autocracy: Rules for Survival", https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-auto... > There are no institutions, only people. > It took him some time, but at Justice, at CoS, at OMB, at USTR, at NEC, at Treasury, at NSC, and now at ODNI Trump has found people broken enough to serve him as he demands to be served. * https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1231219728619835395 https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1231219728619835395 (Feb 22, 2020) > A good reminder that Trump choose people as the heads of institutions with the expectations that they would destroy those institutions. * https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1374186031289880577 https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1374186031289880577 (Mar 22, 2021)