Quotes about civil
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Gross utility kills beauty. We now have all over the world huge production of things, huge organizations, huge administrations of empire - all obstructing the path of life. Civilization is waiting for a great consummation, for an expression of its so Rabindranath Tagore
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Americans in the Civil War period were very interested in Heaven and what it might be like, because they were having to face the fact that many of their loved ones were gone and many of their loved ones, they hoped, were in this other realm called Heaven. Drew Gilpin Faust
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Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking.
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Before the Civil War, there were no national cemeteries, no processes for identifying the dead in the battle. There weren't any dog tags, and there was no next-of-kin notification. You didn't necessarily even hear what the fate of your loved ones had been. It was up to their comrades to write and inform you.
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Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things. Muhammad Yunus
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To embarrass justice by a multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, are the opposite rocks on which all civil institutions have been wrecked, and between which legislative wisdom has never yet found an open passage Samuel Johnson
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To date, China's criminal, civil and administrative procedure laws have combined to form a relatively comprehensive system.
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Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.
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Gold is the soul of all civil life, that can resolve all things into itself, and turn itself into all things Samuel Butler
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Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen. Kate Adie
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I think it's important we have protest, and civil disobedience is a great American tradition, but we need to do it in a constructive manner, and we need to do it on a non-school day if you're a student.
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I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
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There is a growing unease, but all the folks I talked to support our troops, want us to win in the Middle East and still trust our military leaders to do the right thing. I think there's some skepticism of our civilian leaders. Jim Cooper
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What we are still not told is why it is necessary to restrict Hong Kong's civil liberties, Chris Patten
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undermining the core values of civility -- and it's time they were stopped by a society that values free speech enough to protect it. Newt Gingrich
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In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. Will Durant
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The social problem of the twentieth century is whether civilized nations can restore themselves to sanity after their nineteenth-century aberrations of individualism and capitalism.
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After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other. Nick Nolte
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We look forward to the US Congress passing the legislation to enable full civil nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries early next year,
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Hundreds of civilians have fled the fighting and the militiamen have been torching houses as they disperse.
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I think it's pretty ridiculous that they're trying to enforce these ridiculous new laws. They're trying to take away our civil rights guaranteed to us by the United States Constitution.
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It gives very wide powers to civil servants, thanks to deliberately vague phrasing.
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He was the prominent figure of the civil rights movement, promoting diversity not just for African-Americans but for everyone. It's a privilege to be recognized on a day that people are remembering Dr. King. Colin Jones
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He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers' rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able. Jesse Jackson
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Having civil and criminal identity theft penalties in place and continuing to inform Californians on how to prevent the theft of their personal or financial information will help stem this invasive crime.
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I got drunk that night in Honolulu, and we had some celebration. I went to the nearest joint I could find. Soldiers and sailors paid for nothing. Civilians paid for everything, picked up all our tabs. They loved us. The town was ours.
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I go every year to a North-South Skirmish Association competition in Virginia, where I get to live-fire practically every weapon used in the Civil War.
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If the funds aren't paid by the deadline, the department will file a civil lawsuit.
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He was always in a rage. We hardly ever spoke a civil word to one another, yet we were friends. He was a very prideful man, not proud, prideful. When you understood that, you understood him.
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I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event. Susan Estrich
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If we don't get it on the trip, then we'll get it after the trip, because the parties are committed to make this relationship work in the civil nuclear area. Stephen Hadley
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If the secretary of state says I can't be a member of two parties, I might have to take them to federal court for civil rights violation.
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I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Obama when it comes to civil liberties, and I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Romney when it comes to dollars and cents. Gary Johnson