Thus democracy spreads from the citizenry to the State.

And so I realized we had to go through the business of building an informed citizenry.

Ecuador was therefore left without a Supreme Court, and the decision by Congress was not sufficient to placate the citizenry.

Especially savory are the accounts of the government's response to its hungry citizenry, like President Herbert Hoover's let me eat cake attitude.

I am encouraged by this development, which represents a step forward in ensuring respect for and protection of the freedom of worship of the citizenry.

If you agree with that sentiment, and if you agree that we need a critical mass of informed citizenry, you will realize that I need you.

The Committee also notes with satisfaction the pilot education programme which has included African Heritage Studies, Citizenry, Family life and conversational foreign languages in several primary and secondary schools.

National circumstances and constraints must be carefully considered, as well as the avenues through which the public service is likely to consider and respond to the needs of the citizenry and key stakeholders.

We call upon this Council to look beyond the diversion and witness the larger picture a tiny country, marred by terrorism, mobilizing its citizenry and political will to take a bold step for peace in the region.

All of this can be decided at the next European Council, even before the constitutional problem is resolved. This kind of action is more likely to win back a skeptical citizenry than any information campaign, however well designed.

No one can imagine hiring a worker, but allowing him not to inform his employer about what he is doing on the job. Politicians work for the citizenry, which has the right to know what their employees are doing.

We hope that the unanimous adoption of this resolution will send the right message to the Iraqi public, the international community and the citizenry of each troop contributing country regarding the necessity of a continued presence of the multinational force.

What Thai democracy needs in order to mature is not a political safety net, but a vigilant citizenry to ensure disciplined enforcement of the constitution s provisions and institutions, so that they can no longer be hijacked by the likes of a Thaksin.

But he is best viewed as a self serving, unwitting agent of political modernization. It is these twenty first century dynamics and changes, underpinned by an increasingly assertive citizenry, with which the Thai establishment must come to terms if the country is to move forward.

The US of 2013 is both more reflective than it was a decade ago and more consciously connected to the world. The result is a citizenry that is less likely to interpret events, even attacks, in simplistic and often counter productive us versus them terms.

In search of a more balanced society that combines economic prosperity, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability, Bhutan famously pursues Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product. Many other countries including the United Kingdom are now following Bhutan s lead in surveying their citizenry about life satisfaction.

People are beginning to realize this. They see that Putin s desire to create a strong and effective modern state cannot be realized, because a modern state is governed not from above, but by an informed citizenry that forces its rulers to acknowledge and correct their mistakes.

Benazir Bhutto, in turn, placed control of the party in the hands of her husband and son. But, this time, an awakened citizenry was not inclined to readily accept that political leadership could be passed on so easily from father to daughter, from wife to husband, from father to son.

The resolution of Chen s dilemma shows that standing up for human rights will gain the grudging respect of China s leadership and citizenry. In addition, promoting democracy and human rights in authoritarian countries such as China will improve their social equality, economic productivity, and political stability in the long run, making them better trading partners.

But the attack on the arts and humanities is a giant step in the direction of a pliable, dumbed down citizenry. Indeed, the war against the arts and humanities in the US coincided with the emergence of an increasingly ignorant and passive population and a government that serves at the pleasure of corporate interests.

The first defense is to push for an educational system that really forms critical minds, namely through the (nowadays) largely neglected subjects of literature, history, and philosophy. If the informed and critical citizenry that democracy requires is to be formed, our schools must stop pandering to the latest popular fads and begin to sharpen the analytical capacities of students.

Liu s committed advocacy on behalf of democracy in China is, above all, intended for the benefit of the Chinese people. But his courage and example may help to accelerate the dawn of the day when China s participation in international affairs is aided by the expertise and oversight of civil society groups, an independent media, and an engaged citizenry able to express its views through the ballot box.