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
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 WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND THANK EVERYONE... WHO TRIES... TO BRING SMILE BACK... TO THIS WOMAN” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“It is not the different practice from one another that breaks the Peace and Unity, but judging of one another because of… — Isaac Penington Copy Share Image
“ISIS BEHEADS CIVILIANS WHILE WORLD KEEPS FORGETTING WHAT VICTIMS' SOULS R BEGGING: HUMANITY SAVE KOBANE” — 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
When people get out of jail, it is not easy for them to find a job. It is not easy for them… — Bernie Sanders 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
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
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
An initiative was essentially led by civil society because the policy of the government was that Africans must not be taught to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
But who is to decide who truly fears the Lord? The magistrate has no power to enforce religious demands. The laws of… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Any sign that says we're going to leave Iraq before the job is done simply emboldens terrorists and creates a certain amount… — George W. Bush 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
“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
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
Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account -… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“Contra Hobbes and Locke, Rousseau refused to believe that the obligations to civil society could be derived from self-interest, the preservation of… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The American Founding Fathers gave us courts, independent jurists. They left room for civil society, which meant that citizens could directly associate… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“Was there something distinctive about American civil society that gave democracy a better chance than in France, as Tocqueville argued? Was the… — Niall Ferguson 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
“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
“What is remarkable in Burke’s first performance,” wrote his great nineteenth-century biographer John Morley, “is his discernment of the important fact that… — Yuval Levin 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
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND BEG EVERYONE... TO HELP RESCUE ALL IMPRISONED WOMEN.” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND BEG EVERYONE... TO BE A HERO... AND SAVE THE YAZIDI NATION” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
