Challenges Quote by Evgeny Morozov

In a democracy, it is the people who are sovereign. Therefore, with regard to the promotion of democracy at the local, country and regional…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

Ultimately, it is only a powerful civil society movement which can break the vicious cycle of corruption in any society.

— Prashant Bhushan

The media has a key role to play in ending corruption.

— Kiran Bedi

As a civil society, our task is to pressure governments into democratic changes.

— Jordi Cuixart

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is…

— Alexei Navalny

Any strategy to promote democracy and human rights must have the fight against corruption at its heart.

— Tom Malinowski

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways…

— James L. Buckley

The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need to reassert that slow,…

— John Ralston Saul

Where civil society thrives, governments operate with more transparency and accountability. This creates a tangible impact on the lives of everyday citizens.

— Ben Rhodes

My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless…

— Vikas Swarup

Corruption spreads faster than cancer among the people in power and position; it strengthens itself by emergence of unholy alliances and criminal gangs. In…

— T Joseph Benziger

The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One…

— Peter Maurer