Citizens Quote by Garry Wills Download Open image “Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other.” — Garry Wills ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Citizens Civilized Civilized society Gun Gun control
Modern civilization is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another. — Sivananda Copy Share Image
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
All peoples must be respected, and they must all be granted the same rights. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society. — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image
Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Eradicating violence of every kind in this country is a fight that requires a commitment from every single person. — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not. — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion… — Alexander Mackenzie Copy Share Image
There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose? — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
I have been an outsider in journalism and in the academy, because I never fully belonged to any of them. — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms,… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers. — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with remark that… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require. — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit. — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis. — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
