An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on.
Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students.
The aim of open government is to take advantage of the know-how and entrepreneurial spirit of those outside government institutions to work together with those inside government to solve problems.
Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.
Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.
There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.
Open Society Foundations is essentially another name for George Soros, who is a committed leftist, one-world-government ideologue.
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.