There is always a city. There is always a civilization. There is always a barbarian with a pickaxe. Sometimes you are the city, sometimes you are the civilization, but to become that city, that civilization, you once took a pickaxe and destroyed what...
To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.
Civil disobedience is - it's no fun.
We want to keep the actual Civil War experience alive.
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.
You either have a civil society or you don't.
The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
, civilization is an ever-changing tacit agreement, culturally inherited, not chosen at birth. Civilization is the invention of man, my big friend. It is a means of ensuring order and structure; it is man’s attempt to expunge all and every act of r...
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.
Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.
Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society.
I cannot accept a divide between Malagasy people and a civil war.
Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.
A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than han...
I oppose same-sex marriage and civil unions but I support domestic partnership between gay and lesbian couples. I have no problem with gay and lesbian couples adopting. I support equal benefits for same-sex couples such as hospital visitation rights
And I've tried to give us a higher profile. Typically, at a board meeting, we'd pass resolutions about the civil-rights issue of the day, but we'd never tell anyone. So I've instituted a policy of announcing our resolutions at the end of our meetings...
The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.
In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed the civil rights bill that summer; my cousins were so happy because now they could swim in the pool.
