Civil society Quotes

You either have a civil society or you don't.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.

— Nelson Mandela

You either have a civil society or you dont.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Civil society begins with the family.

— Michael J. Knowles

We cannot imagine democracies without a vibrant civil society.

— Rohini Nilekani

Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.

— George Washington

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.

— Mo Ibrahim

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

— Salman Rushdie

“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

If there is no willingness to use force to defend civil society, it's civil society that goes away, not force.

— Teresa Nielsen Hayden

“Violence is the power of the state; imagination and non-violence the power of civil society.”

— Rebecca Solnit

“WE KNOW YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS... IN THE TERROR FOREST! WE HOPE FOR MOONLIGHT!”

— Widad Akrawi

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

— Edmund Burke

“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE FATE OF NEGLECTED YAZIDI CHILDREN”

— Widad Akrawi

If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice.

— Winnie Byanyima

“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE FATE... OF THE ENSLAVED... YAZIDI WOMEN”

— Widad Akrawi

Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we…

— Lidia Yusupova

Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and…

— Daisaku Ikeda

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In…

— Christiane Amanpour

If you create enough space in Egypt, civil society will revive itself, and then will you have all of these secular forces,…

— Hisham Melhem

Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine…

— Pratibha Patil

Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so…

— Shakira

If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as…

— Kofi Annan

Right now, American government has stepped back from offering any kinds of protection for human rights and public health. And the fossil…

— Annie Leonard

“It’s as if the concept of taxation as theft—rather than as a shared burden that all should contribute toward as the cost…

— Bruce Bartlett

“The greatest threat to a robust, autonomous civil society is the ever-growing Leviathan state and those like Obama who see it as…

— Charles Krauthammer

“To say that all individuals are embedded in and the product of society is banal. Obama rises above banality by means of…

— Charles Krauthammer

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

In a pluralistic society like ours, I think the ability to resist hate comes from cultivating a civil society that, on the…

— William Barr

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

“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine , and found people simple…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted…

— Abraham J. Williams

“The notion that a vast gulf exists between "criminals" and those of us who have never served time in prison is a…

— Michelle Alexander

“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

“One of the first motives to civil society, and which becomes one of its fundamental rules, is that no man should be…

— Edmund Burke

“Our planet is about ... billions of years old. So far, the earliest finds of modern human skeletons come from Africa, which…

— Nadja Sam

“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

“We are so little affected by things which are habitual, that we consider this idea of the decision of a majority as…

— Edmund Burke

“In Hobbes’ state of nature, when a male individual conquers (contracts with) a female individual he becomes her sexual master and she…

— Carole Pateman

“Everybody is satisfied, that a conservation and secure enjoyment of our natural rights is the great and ultimate purpose of civil society;…

— Edmund Burke