#civil

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. ↗

— Will Durant

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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this. ↗

— Vito Fossella

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I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch? ↗

— Douglas Adams

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I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government. ↗

— Todd Akin

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They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways. ↗

— Tom Allen

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