#civil

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#been #cities #civilization #dark #heat

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale. ↗

— Tom Paulin

#boost #civilians #fact #i #i think

It is an artist's duty to reflect the times. ↗

— Nina Simone

#music #nina-simone #music

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. ↗

— William Petty

#beg #causes #certain #civil #civil war

It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored. ↗

— James K. Polk

#blessings #civil #devout #favored #humility

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#come #correspondingly #end #ever #great

My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918. ↗

— James Rainwater

#civil #died #engineer #epidemic #father

I sat there listening to "We Shall Overcome," looking out of the window at the passing Mississippi landscape. ↗

— Anne Moody

#mississippi-authors #age

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women. ↗

— Theodor Reik

#civilization #considered #enough #men #might

The slum is the measure of civilization. ↗