Civil Quotes

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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with… — Hannah Arendt
Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came… — Margaret Atwood
My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service. — Dan Aykroyd
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. — John Quincy Adams
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil… — Samuel Adams
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them… — Samuel Adams
Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to… — Glenn Beck
A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and… — Pope Benedict XVI
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI
Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden
During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. — Tony Blair
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. — Jorge Luis Borges
In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a… — Harry Browne
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. — Edmund Burke
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being… — Edmund Burke
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial… — Edmund Burke
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the… — George H. W. Bush
For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did… — Smedley Butler

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