If it works and you actually do get a free, democrat society there, you know, that will have an affect on the whole region.
And so, you know, many of the problems that Africa has now with this new generation of leaders, with this newly energized civil society, with people who are saying - you know, like the movie Network, we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore - I mean, there is a new vibrancy among those who want to see a renaissance in the continent.
And I just wear that sign on my chest proudly, and you know, I'm a part of the MS society.
Ms. MATAMBANADZO: It's more terrifying to be advocating for the ideal of an open society, you know, when you are in this environment that keeps shutting down, closing, closing--and where you are seen, not as a responsible patriot who questions the state but as a sell-out to Western interests.
If they're also made to feel they don't fit in the society in which they hold citizenship, you know, by events like the ones we've just witnessed in London, then I think they face issues of identity, too, which are very painful for them and it alienates people.
As you know also, the U.S. government provides support to civil society, democracy and human rights activists around the world in line with our values, among them respecting the fundamental human rights of free speech, peaceful assembly and human dignity.
The concept of civic duty has been used by those in favour of creating a written constitution for the UK - the argument being that if you know what's expected of you by society, you're more likely to do it.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
The high priests and chieftains of the branding world (you know who you are) have literally and figuratively injected it into every aspect of society and culture, whether it fits or not.
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What's different about this one is it seems to me that the financial system has taken such a huge role in our society, the faults of that system are creeping over in part of the real economy, you know, the manufacturing sector, the consumer sector.
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