#civil

To the present writer a careful study of the facts now available seems to leave no doubt that civilization was born at the southeast corner of the Mediterranean. ↗

— James H. Breasted

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Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. ↗

— John Buchan

#comfortable #compact #conspiracy #folk #keep

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#black #civil #civil rights #country #every

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization. ↗

— Leslie Caron

#civilization #difficult #into #marry #very

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#ceremonies #civil #condemned #fine #gay

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#anarchy #away #behind #civil #civil war

Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#into #turn #vegetables #without #would

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#civilization #did #had #i #many

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection. ↗