If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND THANK EVERYONE... WHO TRIES... TO BRING SMILE BACK... TO THIS WOMAN” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this. — Muhtar Kent Copy Share Image
Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE RAPE OF THE YAZIDI WOMEN” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it is only a powerful civil society movement which can break the vicious cycle of corruption in any society. — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
“I will follow anyone... and remind everyone... that their fear is genuine.” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
In the past when money was given from government to government, there was no accountability, especially the World Bank loans. Nobody was… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The threat from cyber criminals and nation states continues to grow. So we need to forge closer partnerships with industry, academia and… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights.… — Wayne Smith Copy Share Image
Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
I don't think that developing countries gained from a two-stage process. A single phase summit (which is, after all, a two year… — David Souter Copy Share Image
That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies.… — Janice Rogers Brown Copy Share Image
The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Civil society people - these are the people - civil society groups are the people who need to monitor the aid to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“union’, you at the same time license the would-be leaders. You give credentials to those who promise to guide society along its… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Another doctrine repugnant to civil society, is that whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin; and it dependeth on the… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Imperial and colonial attitudes still define the terms 'civilized world,' 'international community' and 'civil society.' Balkan people were never too impressed by… — Andrej Grubačić Copy Share Image
“Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The state does not take a merely temporal regulatory role and leave salvation in the hands of the church; rather, the modern… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“It's both a tremendous obligation and honor to undertake the unfulfilled work of the best of our abolitionist precursors--those who did not… — Dylan Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“When Americans think of freedom, we usually imagine a contest between a lone individual and a powerful government. We tend to conclude… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Women are not party to the original contract through which men transform their natural freedom into the security of civil freedom. Women… — Carole Pateman Copy Share Image
“We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man’s right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“even if Noam Chomsky were right about everything, the Islamic doctrines related to martyrdom, jihad, blasphemy, apostasy, the rights of women and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
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