Civil society Quote by Jordi Cuixart Download Open image “As a civil society, our task is to pressure governments into democratic changes.” — Jordi Cuixart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil society Politics Pressure Society Task
Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government. — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights… — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we believe in… — Lidia Yusupova Copy Share Image
There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. — Jeff Van Drew Copy Share Image
The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people… — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
There is little doubt that our society is changing rapidly, but one thing will never change as long as we remain a democracy: the… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its individual, its… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
The pro-independence movement has all different social sensibilities - from left to right, including pro-liberal, socialist and communist. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
Do you really think that the Catalans will end their struggle for their right of self-determination because of a legal decision? — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
I'm never going to beg for pardon for exercising fundamental rights. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
We won't stop protesting. It's the engine that moves society forward. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
It's the Spanish state which should say sorry for violating the right to protest and freedom of expression. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
The cause of self-determination in Catalonia is no different to other citizen causes that fight for a fairer, more democratic future, as we've seen… — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
I am not a politician in prison, I am a political prisoner who uses jail to denounce Spain's human rights violations. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
Anything against the state's interests, through a non-violent action, is susceptible to be considered sedition. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
We are European citizens, as we are European citizens it means what we want to do is exactly like Scotland or Quebec. The difference… — Jordi Cuixart 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 can't pass… — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
For me, prison is a necessary step towards achieving the right to self-determination. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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 island decided… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political… — Ed Crane 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 becomes his… — Carole Pateman Copy Share Image
“SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION: GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS YAZIDI GIRLS!” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
For achieving good governance political will is necessary. Good governance is a political process. Though role of civil society is critical, without political will… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“Remember what the fashion big mouths were saying about Jessica Simpson? Looking at her magazine pictures, sucking their teeth, going, "Oh, look at her… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Arresting opposition leaders and restricting civil society will not stop people from protesting, but it can create leaderless movements that leave no one with… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“What is remarkable in Burke’s first performance,” wrote his great nineteenth-century biographer John Morley, “is his discernment of the important fact that behind the… — Yuval Levin 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 American Union. — James Madison Copy Share Image
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