Civil Society Quotes

• Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

  James Madison

  Government, Justice, Voting

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.241

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

  Nelson Mandela

  Development, Want, Significant

  Source: www.mott.org

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual volunteers.

  Kofi Annan

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Poverty

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• Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

  Kofi Annan

  Skills, Organization, Community

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we believe in your voice and your help.

  Lidia Yusupova

  Believe, Government, Voice

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• The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

  Nelson Mandela

  Children, Character, Society

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2016

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• Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands and wives, parents, friends and citizens, and by the knowledge of what we do and what we are makes a difference to those around us. (...) Renewing society's resources of moral energy is the program, urgent but achievable.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Husband, Differences, Government

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• In an age where community involvement and partnerships with civil society are increasingly being recognized as indispensable, there is clearly a growing potential for cooperative development and renewal worldwide.

  Kofi Annan

  Community, Society, Age

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  It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

  Frederick Douglass

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "The 100 best nonfiction books: No 68 - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845)" by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2017.

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• Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.

  George Washington

  Society, Essentials, Pillars

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.80, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

  Barry Bonds

  Sports, Respect, Self

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

  A. Bartlett Giamatti

  Education, Hippie, Teaching

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• The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human rights, the civil society, and the free market.

  Vaclav Havel

  Rights, Ideas, Democracy

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• The greatest problem for the human species, the solution of which nature compels him to seek, is that of attaining a civil society which can administer justice universally.

  Immanuel Kant

  Civilization, Justice, Society

  Immanuel Kant (1991). “Kant: Political Writings”, p.39, Cambridge University Press

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• Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the Government and its people can bring about positive change to create a just society.

  Pratibha Patil

  Government, People, High Standards

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• The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Practice, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• One of the signs that things are going reasonably well for democracy is that we have the states where they're closer to the people. Federalism is a strength. We have all of these civil society institutions - civil society is a very important hallmark of democracy.

  Condoleezza Rice

  People, Democracy, Important

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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

  Salman Rushdie

  Defeat, Terrorism

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• Globilization in its current form cannot deliver the benefits expected of it. Civil society, particularly in developing countries, must ensure that it does.

  Martin Khor

  Country, Expectations, Democracy

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• Freedom can be destroyed, not just by its retraction, but also by its abuse.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Freedom, Abuse, Society

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Jul 04, 2013

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• Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality. But today, in the world's most powerful democracy, the politicians and the propagandists prefer to make nonsense of democratic procedures by appealing almost exclusively to the ignorance and irrationality of the electors.

  Aldous Huxley

  Powerful, Ignorance, Knowledge

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Block, Building, Manners

  Alexander McCall Smith (2004). “The Sunday Philosophy Club”, p.153, Anchor

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• The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness - doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement. [Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.

  Ai Weiwei

  Thinking, People, Evil

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.

  Neil Gaiman

  Two, Civilization, Twenties

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