Our Civil Quotes
26 quotes by 22 authors
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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
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The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we handle the drugs…
— Ron Paul
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It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in…
— John Conyers
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After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous for censorship. But…
— Richard Posner
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Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list.
— Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action,…
— Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell
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At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later that George Carlin…
— Penn Jillette
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Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly…
— Michael Moore
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The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am…
— Evita Peron
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If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us…
— Jon Stewart
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This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
— Neil Young
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The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.
— Noah Webster
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Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against…
— Samuel Adams
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Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws . . . The…
— Noah Webster
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We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong…
— Mike Pompeo
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Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.
— Jack Kingston
Who Wrote These Our Civil Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 26 Our Civil Quotes as follows: