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How to use the word Civic in a Sentence?

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Freedom is not only a gift but also a summons to personal responsibility, the preservation of freedom calls for the cultivation of virtue, self-discipline, sacrifice for the common good, and a sense of responsibility towards the less fortunate. It also demands the courage to engage in civic life and to bring one’s deepest beliefs and values to reasoned public debate.

John Paul II

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Yeah. I could see us taking action under ‘misleading claims that cause confusion about the established laws, regulations, procedures, and methods of a civic process' but it's not one that we could really label in a useful way, so it's removal (of a stupid and ill-advised joke) or nothing. I'm maybe inclined not to remove without a report from voting authorities given it's been a while since he tweeted it and virtually all of the replies I'm seeing are critical/counterspeech.

Yoel Roth

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Yet even as we celebrate these gains, we know we still have a long way to go to achieve representational parity, if we want to create a truly inclusive and representative democracy, then we must invest in these communities to increase New American civic engagement and take a hard look at how our electoral and political systems still favor the white and wealthy.

Ghida Dagher

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm... really proud of the fact that I'm going to be opening a lot of paths for other folks who look like me, especially our young community members, to say,' If this woman can do this, actually I can do that,' and also not only for immigrant, first-generation or Black people, but also young, White individuals who may have been afraid or don't want to be a part of the civic duties that we all have. ... I say,' Yes, if I can do this, yes, you can do it. We really, really need you, each and every one of you in this beautiful city of ours, to step up.

Deqa Dhalac

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We could be looking at a substantial amount of money that will not only run wire by people's houses but also make sure they can afford the connection and know how to use it, the pandemic really ripped off the cover. The internet is an integral part of our civic, economic and social lives. It's the great equalizer.

Peggy Schaffer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These digital platforms play a huge role in civic life, there needs to be a recognition that this is a shared responsibility.

Mimi Ito

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The sentencing is a public event and when the underlying justice has been challenged, even indirectly, I think many judges consider it part of their civic responsibility to speak to the public, they're talking to the defendants nominally, but they're really speaking to the public -- to restore and protect the rule of law.

District Judge Randolph Moss

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In 2020, MLB became the first professional sports league to join the nonpartisan Civic Alliance to help build a future in which everyone participates in shaping the United States. We proudly used our platform to encourage baseball fans and communities throughout our country to perform their civic duty and actively participate in the voting process. Fair access to voting continues to have our game’s unwavering support.

Rob Manfred

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s an easy way for groups such as civic organizations, high school boosters, churches and other nonprofit groups to operate concessions at the stadium to raise funds for their respective organizations.

Glen White

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With today's decision, Supreme Court has usurped the City's judgment that a non-discrimination policy is in the best interests of the children in its care, with disturbing consequences for other government programs and services, at the same time, Philadelphia City is gratified that the Supreme Court did not, as the plaintiffs sought, radically change existing constitutional law to adopt a standard that would force court-ordered religious exemptions from civic obligations in every arena.

Philadelphia City Solicitor Diana Cortes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For me, when the government calls you, it's your civic duty and there's nothing wrong with telling the truth. It wasn't really a choice ; they called me, i'm happy to be as honest and transparent and just be forthcoming because I don't have anything to hide.

Jennifer Weisselberg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think he bears direct responsibility for the rise of conspiratorial thinking in the Republican Party and the conservative movement as a whole, the big lie that he promulgated after Election Day did a whole lot of harm to our civic institutions.

Michael Wood

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The Foreign Relations Department has been looking at the possibility of getting cooperation from the United States or some civic organization to obtain vaccines for Mexicans in the United States, up to this point this has not been possible.

Hugo Lpez-Gatell

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Postal Service sucks, but you know I'd rather be out here doing my civic duty than not, I don't trust the whole mail-in voting thing, so I will be here and I will sign Postal Service and make sure Postal Service goes where Postal Service needs to go.

Sean Terrell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The President is casting doubt on the integrity of voting, something we have done for nearly 250 years, so we have this crisis, into this void have stepped up hundreds and hundreds of companies, who have said :' We want to do Civic Alliance in order to protect our democracy.'.

Richard Levick

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We can't underestimate Justice Ginsburg role, justice Ginsburg had a way of writing Justice Ginsburg decisions so that they performed an active civic education. Justice Ginsburg was able to explain things in a way that people understood.

Myrna Perez

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As far as patriotic responsibilities and duties go, this is about the least someone can do, you can see what effect American governance can have on the world. I feel like it's something that's very important. I feel like it's the least we can do as our civic duty.

Andrew Griffith

Found on CNN
3 years ago

While this was a very difficult decision for the organization, it was a necessary one to proactively ensure the long-term success of one of Chicago's most treasured and important civic institutions and the communities it serves, this decision will also help preserve the future of the many on-site businesses, which continue to face hardships of their own as a result of the pandemic. The temporary closure will allow Navy Pier and Navy Pier partners to reduce Navy Pier operational expenses and support efforts to limit COVID-19 cases as we move into the fall and winter seasons.

Navy Pier

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Lots of elected officials as well as public health officers were telling people to wear masks as part of their civic duty, they were trying to tap into this idea that if you couldn't be over there fighting alongside our boys overseas, you could be doing your part here on the home front.

Alexander Navarro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We hope this is part of a process where civic society and tech companies can constructively engage in order to confront the manipulation of tech platforms.

Chloe Colliver

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's a victory for freedom of expression and civic action, (We) will continue to develop it (the BDS campaign) as long as Israel does not respect international law and human rights.

Bertrand Heilbronn

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

This is truly unique, you don't usually have organizations at this level -- three major players in the youth civic engagement space -- recognizing the urgency of this moment and seeing real value in coming together.

Carolyn DeWitt

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The capture of these mercenaries was achieved through social intelligence and the civic-military police unit.

Aragua Governor Rodolfo Marco

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The place where more cases of C-virus have been reported, more stricter actions should be taken against all civic bodies and its heads should lose their jobs instantly.

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