#civil

The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. ↗

— James Buchan

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Could anything justify the extermination of civilians on such a scale? ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#civilians #could #extermination #justify #scale

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America you have to know about the Civil War. ↗

— Ken Burns

#am #america #called #civil #civil war

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. ↗

— John Burroughs

#civilization #development #did #done #eighteen

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ↗

— George W. Bush

#character #civility #commitment #compassion #courage

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#been #civilized #humane #inhumane #nation

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#aside #civilian #lives #living #men

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#elements #great #gun #modern #modern civilization

The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body. ↗

— Shoshana Zuboff

#behavior #between #body #civilizing #distance