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
“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'this is mine', and found people simple enough… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence… — James G. Frazer 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
Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. — Edmund Burke 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
“Like the Founders, the Conservative also recognizes in society a harmony of interests, as Adam Smith put it, and rules of cooperation… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
In China, you just don't have the space for civil society and independent discourse and free media that you do in India.… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
Because I am a deep believer in the civil society, I think we should be prepared to pay the consequences of breaking… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
To refuse any bond of union between man and civil society, on the one hand, and God the Creator and consequently the… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Africa Rising is as much about improving standards of governance as it is about an increasingly confident youths and civil society. It… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
Few enjoyments are given from the open and liberal hand of nature; but by art, labor and industry we can extract them… — David Hume 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
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
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
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
The Catalan institutions and political parties have to be consistent, because they have the democratic legitimacy of the ballot box and they… — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
“Wherever, therefore, any number of men so unite into one society, as to quit everyone his executive power of the law of… — John Locke 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
I shall support the law, for the law gentlemen, is the firm and solid basis of civil society, the guardian of liberty,… — Charles Lawrence Copy Share Image
“In many respects, Barack Obama’s neo-socialism is neoconservatism’s mirror image. Openly committed to ending the Reagan era, Obama is a firm believer… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine , and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
At issue is not whether the global economy will pass away. It is passing away. Rising populations and debt combined with depletion… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
“By giving full expression to the contradiction between civil society and the state, the French Revolution radically transformed both its terms. To… — Stathis Kouvelakis Copy Share Image
