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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

Topics: Act Civil Civil Society Education Heart Liberal Liberal Education Society Teaching

Keywords: Become Debilitating Event Go Loss Lot Self-Esteem Shame Through Traumatic You


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Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

~Alexander Mccall Smith

Topics: Basic Blocks Building Building Blocks Civil Civil Society Manners Society

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It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance.

~Baldwin Spencer

Topics: Civil Civil Society Embedded Governance Hemisphere Institutions Laws Make Mechanisms Region Relevant Society Sure Time World

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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Achieve Broad Businesses Challenges Civil Civil Society Five Governments Great Great Things Hand-In-Hand Key Learned Lessons Main Nations Partnerships Society Solving Things United United Nations Work Years I Have Learned

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Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Business Children Civil Civil Society Drive Economies Educators Engagement Families Full Government Half Hold Increasingly Leaders More Much Natural Need Potential Raise Represent Sky Society Than Together Up Women World

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Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it will need the engagement of all stakeholders - including the private sector and civil society, and especially the poor and marginalized.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Among Branches Building Cities Civil Civil Society Dialogue Engagement Future Government Including Local Local Government Marginalized National Need Open Poor Private Private Sector Regional Sector Society Stakeholders Sustainable Will

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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Business Business Community Cannot Civil Civil Society Communities Community Five Function Governments Last Learned Lessons Main Nations Need Properly Society Support United United Nations Without Years I Have Learned

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There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil society.

~Beji Caid Essebsi

Topics: Among Civil Civil Society Consensus Future Members No Future Parties Political Political Parties Society Tunisia Without

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I shall support the law, for the law gentlemen, is the firm and solid basis of civil society, the guardian of liberty, the protection of the innocent, the terror of the guilty, and the scourge of the wicked.

~Charles Lawrence

Topics: Basis Civil Civil Society Firm Gentlemen Guardian Guilty Innocent Law Liberty Protection Scourge Shall Society Solid Support Terror Wicked

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In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

~Christiane Amanpour

Topics: Authoritarian Basis Civil Civil Society Democracy Emerging Even Fact Form In Fact Iran Journalists Like New Play Role Russia Societies Society States Those Very Vital Yugoslavia

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