It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If there is no willingness to use force to defend civil society, it's civil society that goes away, not force. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
“IT’S ALL CLEAR ISIS INVADES YOUR SPHERE YET NO ONE IMAGINES YOUR FEAR BUT DON'T WORRY TAUSSI MELEK IS HERE RESTORING LIVES… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE FATE... OF THE ENSLAVED... YAZIDI WOMEN” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“Violence is the power of the state; imagination and non-violence the power of civil society.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“That one generation of men in civil society have no right to make acts to bind another, is a truth that cannot… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the… — James Madison 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
You know, when you get to the New World and you develop your three branches of government and you have a civil… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Drafts of domestic legislation must be published, debated and publicly voted on, which gives ample opportunities to civil society organizations and ordinary… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
We need a mobilized and active civil society using its purchasing power to demand sustainable products and practices. It is also essential… — Guilherme Leal Copy Share Image
“The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, "This is mine," and found… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing a person can reach his or her goals by taking shortcuts because it is considered as one… — Saaif Alam Copy Share Image
“Top-down government breeds irresponsible individuals, and the confiscation of civil society by the state leads to a widespread refusal among the citizens… — Roger Scruton 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
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
The essence of the modern state is that the universal be bound up with the complete freedom of its particular members and… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
“The biggest problem in Chinese society is not money, but rather the lack of a developed civil society. Civil society has received… — Bi Feiyu Copy Share Image
“In the civil society, the individual is recognized and accepted as more than an abstract statistic or faceless member of some group;… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“The so-called “socialism” exceeded the mangiest recommendations of Keynes! Such a regulated state capitalism, such an intervention of the state in the… — Todor Bombov Copy Share Image
“Everybody is satisfied, that a conservation and secure enjoyment of our natural rights is the great and ultimate purpose of civil society;… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“We are so little affected by things which are habitual, that we consider this idea of the decision of a majority as… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“In Hobbes’ state of nature, when a male individual conquers (contracts with) a female individual he becomes her sexual master and she… — Carole Pateman Copy Share Image
“The prominent British statesman and scholar Edmund Burke (1729–1797) emphasized another fundamental characteristic of the civil society—valuing human experience, tradition, and custom.… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
“One of those outrages, presumably, was Joseph Smith’s vocal opposition to slavery, and the governor’s executive order was the culmination of years… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“health, social life, job, house, partners, finances; leisure use, leisure amount; working time, education, income, children; food, water, shelter, clothing, sex, health… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
As a civil society, our task is to pressure governments into democratic changes. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND TELL EVERYONE... THAT THIS IS HAPPENING... IN THE CENTURY TWENTY-ONE” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.” — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Copy Share Image
Governments and civil society must step up to ensure inclusivity in the commissioning, design, delivery, and assessment of vital public services. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
British civil society has a fantastic record of campaigning to push politicians of all colours and countries to step up on climate. — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
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