#civil

People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#allowed #barack #certain #civil #civil rights

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#anyone #civilized #creed #curious #every

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#civility #notion #parliament #perhaps #quaint

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#beings #civilized #civilized nations #earth #great

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#begins #civilization #farmers #follow #founders

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded. ↗

— Simone Weil

#becoming #cannot #catholic #centuries #christian

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. ↗

— Simone Weil

#civilized #destroy #enslave #europe #european

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ↗

— Simone Weil

#contemporary #form #founded #greatness #lies

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends. ↗

— Orson Welles

#because #been #cave #civilization #eating

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out. ↗

— Allen West

#afghan #army #both #carrying #challenge