Quotes of: Civil-servant Keyword

How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick.

Joseph Campbell

I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.

Yuri Milner

I know I need to be dependent on the Lord. I will try to do what he wants for the Young Women and to be a receptive servant while I'm on his errand.

Margaret D. Nadauld

In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, "A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me.

The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

America's civilization perturbs the trajectories of all other civilizations just by existing.

Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828

My cancer is me. The tumors are made of me. They’re made of me as surely as my brain and my heart are made of me. It is a civil war with a predetermined winner

The Fault in Our Stars

The greatest discovery any alien anthropologist could make about our culture is our overriding response to failure:

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

A blanket could be used to foil slave traders. But so could tinfoil and leftover meatloaf. Geez, the whole Civil War could have been avoided if only Lincoln had known that little trick.

Blanket

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War

The world does not need white people to civilize others. The real White People's Burden is to civilize ourselves.

The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege

Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...

The Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom

Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments.

Nixonland: America's Second Civil War and the Divisive Legacy of Richard Nixon 1965-72

Most white Americans were willing to sacrifice civil liberties in the name of national security as long as they were the civil liberties of someone else.

Looking After Minidoka: An American Memoir

The constant tug between nature and civilization is what keeps on our toes. Though of course, that did rather beg the question of how you defined nature and how you defined civilization.

The Lemon Table

Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.

The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness

Senator John Stennis: The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul.

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

Federal Officer: "The arms piled on the ground were not worth 10 cents a ton.

Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites

His (Grant's) face has three expressions: deep thought, extreme determination, and great simplicity and calmness.

A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War