“An open society is a healthy society; transparency is necessary to trust.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises. — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
A lot of America's success is because we're an open society and haven't brought dogma or religious influence into the American political… — Jeff Hawkins Copy Share Image
We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
We live in what's called an open society, which of course means they open our emails, open our phone records, and open… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with… — George Soros Copy Share Image
America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The open society, the unrestricted access to knowledge, the unplanned and uninhibited association of men for its furtherance-these are what may make… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We don't stop talking about how the world might be better just because we have no chance of making it to Prime… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
America is an open society, more open than any other in the world. People of every race, of every color, of every… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed… — David Brin Copy Share Image
America can restore its strengths as the world-respected land of opportunity by returning to open-society principles. An open society invests in people… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
“You know, I learned at a very early age that what kind of social system or political system prevails is very important.… — George Soros Copy Share Image
When people live in the full light of an open society, paying their taxes, abiding by the rules, that makes not only… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
“Popper’s falsificationism is intimately connected to the notion of an open society. An open society is one in which no permanent truth… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I am not shy. I am for an open society. I am for a progressive world. I do not propose to reform… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
There's not as much big money on the left, but you've got George Soros, who has the Open Society Institute. He's pushing… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
The open society is one in which men have learned to be to some extent critical of taboos, and to base decisions… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Once a secret society establishes itself within an open society, there is no end to the hideous mistrust it must cause. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea. — Lee Myung-bak Copy Share Image
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat. — George Soros Copy Share Image
North American society could not have reached its state of high development and modernity had it not been an open society. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
The U.S. Embassy in Havana may be reopened, but outside its gates, an open society with more freedom for its people is… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that… — George Soros Copy Share Image
My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not… — George Soros Copy Share Image
An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
