#civil

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

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I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

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The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

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The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later. ↗

— Corrine Brown

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For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#ceased #civil #civil rights #death #enough

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

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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

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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

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