"They [the English] have a special word, "civil,"……" — Edmund Wilson

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• It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are… — Hannah Arendt
• Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you… — Margaret Atwood
• My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked… — Dan Aykroyd
• The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government… — John Quincy Adams
• Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an… — Samuel Adams
• The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is… — Samuel Adams
• Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you… — Glenn Beck
• A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a… — Pope Benedict XVI
• Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to… — 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

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