Civil society Quote by Walter Truett Anderson

I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens.

— Mark Kingwell

“Consider that when you state only what you can prove and differentiate your opinions from facts, it allows you to stand on a stronger…

— Loren Weisman

“«How do we justify calling ourselves civilised, after all? Is it the books we read? The delicacy of our tastes? Our place in continuing…

— Anonymous

“When you enter the realm of politics and ideology, the distinction between opinion and fact starts to cloud, and the stakes become dauntingly high;…

— Michael Hirschorn

“The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.”

— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“A society that is controlled by an elite minority group who use the population as a food source, will never know civility”

— Alejandro C. Estrada

“I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of…

— Jules Verne

“Public opinion is less tolerant than any system of law.”

— George Orwell

“We are all blinded by our beliefs. Only respectful debate can bring us closer to the greater truth.”

— JIm Steele

“The parts of humanity that use to be civil are dead and gone. The only thing left is a technological, emotionless, colorless, dead version…

— James Wheeler

“Most of the time, there is no truth, only various levels of interpretation. Fact is a construct we provide to the public.”

— Lauren Willig

“We simply must speak to each other honestly about all these hard truths.”

— Historica Press