“I will follow anyone... and remind everyone... of the pain of the Yazidi women” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“YAZIDIS AND CHRISTIANS WANT TO BE FREE OF NIGHT MIST AND BEHEADING DRIFT!” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Freedom can be destroyed, not just by its retraction, but also by its abuse. — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
We need a strong civil society where the connection between different people and groups is firm and vibrant, not brittle and divided. — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan. — William Paterson Copy Share Image
Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so… — Shakira Copy Share Image
If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we… — Lidia Yusupova Copy Share Image
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
If you create enough space in Egypt, civil society will revive itself, and then will you have all of these secular forces,… — Hisham Melhem Copy Share Image
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government.… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued… — James Madison Copy Share Image
By creating a self-policing, self-reporting, sort of self-monitoring culture through law, through statute, and imposing that on the academic world, I think… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Africa needs help, no question about that but I'd rather prefer that the money is channeled. That's what I call smart aid;… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Technology and television didn't dictate one path or the other - it was civil society and public policy intervening in creating alternative… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The long-term effect of this has been to open Western societies to immigration, and to impart an ideal of citizenship that, it… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The short interregnum of civil society built on the ruins of the Bastille came to its end with the establishment of the… — Israel Shamir Copy Share Image
“For indeed, the Church is divinely constituted and lives by her own right, not by privilege. Who ever would have granted her… — Louis Veuillot Copy Share Image
“The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“In a rational state it would be more appropriate to ensure that a cobbler passed an examination than an executive civil servant;… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“When we knowingly write in ways that we would not want others to write to us, we abrade the trust that sustains… — Joseph M. Williams Copy Share Image
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
We need to understand why there is a void of participation in public life from the Muslim community and why it is… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
All depend upon the engagement of as many people as possible on all levels, from civil society to national leaders, to advocate… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
One of the signs that things are going reasonably well for democracy is that we have the states where they're closer to… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Gujarat is a pro-business state, where civil society organisations are comfortable with working to make sure that business does not suffer. Large… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
“It would be a great step toward a truly civil society if we understood that our public discourse isn’t based on “hard… — Walter Truett Anderson Copy Share Image
In a democracy, it is the people who are sovereign. Therefore, with regard to the promotion of democracy at the local, country… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
For achieving good governance political will is necessary. Good governance is a political process. Though role of civil society is critical, without… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil society, focus on… — Mel Martinez Copy Share Image
Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
If we want to understand the distinctive constitution of Europe, we must go back to its religious foundations. For the moral beliefs… — Larry Siedentop 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
