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In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions. — Ali Gomaa
Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My… — James L. Farmer, Jr.
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the… — James L. Farmer, Jr.
Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure evil. — George W. Bush
You've got Hezbollah in Arizona. You've got Mexican drug cartels operating in Arizona. You've got the steady stream of illegals over the border, and you've… — Rush Limbaugh
So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. — John Dryden
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was… — John Dryden
Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux Paris photographic plates,… — Eugene Atget
The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate… — Barbra Streisand
I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of… — Edmund Burke
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. — Edmund Burke
Muhammad brought down from heaven and put into the Koran not religious doctrines only, but political maxims, criminal and civil laws, and scientific theories. The Gospels on… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that have… — Samuel Adams
All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or… — Samuel Adams
In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,… — Samuel Adams
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right to… — Samuel Adams
We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left. — Ian Paisley
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative… — John Hume
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that… — John Hume
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The… — John Marshall
Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite… — James Madison
Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe:… — James Madison
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be… — James Madison
The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code. — John Quincy Adams

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