“Democracy commits us to value, preserve and uphold the rights, dignity, and well-being of all, including our neighbors, those who are different… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In any totalitarian society, dissent is viewed as a threat, civic literacy is denounced, and those public spheres that produce engage citizens… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Immorality, perversion, infidelity, cannibalism, etc., are unassailable by church and civic league if you dress them up in the togas and talliths… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
Material objectives consume too much of our attention. The struggle for what we need or for more than we need exhausts our… — Marion D. Hanks Copy Share Image
If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement. — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, but more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
The term religious cleansing is an accurate and effective way of expressing the current hostility and bigotry toward all civic expressions of… — Jay Sekulow Copy Share Image
Social solidarities are torn apart, furthering the retreat into orbits of the private that undermine those spaces that nurture non-commodified knowledge, values,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In general, American life is more easy-going. And civic pride, national pride in a cultural sense, is great in America. I think… — James Salter Copy Share Image
Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs. That's what did it in the… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting… — Bob Black Copy Share Image
And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
We know these men are professionals whose services are up for bid and whose bags are packed, and yet we call them… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
All of us can make changes, but the changes that are most needed are not light bulbs and windows but laws and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Until, modern times when it became mostly a civic task, education was considered a sacred work. It was sacred because it involved… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
Our disregard of civic and moral virtue as an educational priority is having a tangible effect on the attitudes, understanding and behavior… — William Damon Copy Share Image
