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If you can't be civil to my girlfriend you can fucking walk away. — R.K. Lilley

If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being in Mississippi. In Hattiesburg. — Victoria Gray Adams

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom. — John Quincy Adams

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody. — Andrew Jackson

If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn. — Daniel Webster

Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time. — Abraham Lincoln

By the time the civil service has finished drafting a document to give effect to the principle, there may be little of the principle left. — John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war. — William Odom

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself. — Saxby Chambliss

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

My God, is it possible that all the people have gone mad? The civil war now being inaugurated will be as horrible as his Satanic Majesty could desire. — Sam Houston

There never will be anything more interesting than that American Civil War. — Gertrude Stein

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. — Ronald Reagan

Meaningful progress toward social justice cannot be made in sclerotic education systems that put adults' job security before children's civil rights. — Arthur C. Brooks

The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats. — Abraham Lincoln

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. — Abraham Lincoln

But, like some other undiplomatic ambassadors, in her desire to be civil, she ran at once to the extremity of the permitted concessions. — Anthony Trollope

Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty. — Noah Webster

The role of any person in this world is to be themselves without damaging the rest. We are important as long as the rest "is". - Rossana Condoleo — Rossana Condoleo

The next day the government of South Africa announced that full civil rights would be restored to the white minority. — Arthur C. Clarke

All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America. — Ezra Stiles

Imagine how wicked society would be if the fear of God and the fear of civil law were both completely removed. — Ray Comfort

If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction. — James L. Farmer Jr.

We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying the course?. — Zbigniew Brzezinski

You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature. — Glenn Reynolds

New concepts should be introduced by the power of imagery. — Douglas Coop

It will be all right if it turns out all right. — Ulysses S. Grant

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Always be civil, but with a plan to neutralise everyone in the room. — Conor McGregor

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

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant. — Sargent Shriver

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. — John Mason Brown

We wanted black power to be all things to all people. — Cleveland Sellers

The only wars here will be civil wars, and those are like killing your own mother. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances. — Lee Kuan Yew

There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. — Andrew Young

Conquer or be conquered. — David Farragut

Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again. — Ira Glasser

Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke. — Mahatma Gandhi

The government should always be the one defending civil liberties. — Tim Cook

The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future. — Martin Luther King Jr.

History could not be any clearer: Rights given by fad and fashion are just as easily taken away. The Constitution matters. — A.E. Samaan

Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal? — Nancy Gibbs

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent. — Mahatma Gandhi

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant. — Doris Lessing

This is the time for black people to stand and be counted. — Allan Dare Pearce

Evil must be attacked by ... the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Louisa went about her duties at the hospital, trying not to dwell on the fact that this might be her last day alive. — David Healey

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code. — Randall Terry

The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst. — Jim Costa

How a member of the church - one who had read the Good Lord's bible - could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his destruction frightened me. — Jay Grewal

every time this happens
I see my father
my brother
my would be son
I see myself
stop killing us — R H Sin

Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return. — William Shakespeare

God wants us to be significant; he wants the world to know us that is why He encourages us to have an active civil position in our nations — Sunday Adelaja

Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our civil rights and our individual liberties. — Frank Lautenberg

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. — Major Owens

YAZIDIS AND CHRISTIANS WANT TO BE FREE OF NIGHT MIST AND BEHEADING DRIFT! — Widad Akreyi

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. — James Buchanan

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law. — James A. Garfield

Religious canons, civil laws, are cruel; then what should war be? — William Shakespeare

Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired. — Madam C. J. Walker

"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves. — Charles Caleb Colton

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

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association. — Mahatma Gandhi

Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. — Ulysses S. Grant

That one generation of men in civil society have no right to make acts to bind another, is a truth that cannot be confused. — Thomas Jefferson

The most important civil liberty ... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death ... — John Howard

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence. — Mahatma Gandhi

Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well. — George B. McClellan

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. — Hugo Black

I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of this. — John Kasich

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it. — Abraham Lincoln

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere. — Allan Dare Pearce

He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights ... it had to be some silly little Communist. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI

Democracy is disruptive ... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. — Naomi Wolf

I support same-sex civil unions and I believe no should be denied their rights — George W. Bush

You don't need to leverage natural disasters. You don't need to capitalize on civil unrest. You need to be human. It's not always about business. — Scott Stratten

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. — Aristotle.

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent. — Thomas Jefferson

Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making. — Aniruddha Sastikar

The plumber plodded along in silence, like a man who has learned to be polite to lunatics through dealing with civil engineers. — Lindsey Davis

Before this war is over, I intend to be a Major General or a corpse. — Isaac R. Trimble

I think direct political action, civil disobedience, in particular, is something to be taken very seriously. — Terry Tempest Williams

Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized. — Sheryl Sandberg

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention. — Mahatma Gandhi

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad. — Baruch Spinoza

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience. — Mahatma Gandhi

In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many. — A.J. Muste

Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. — Peter DeFazio

You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world. — Rand Paul

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. — James McGreevey

Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era. — Will Ferrell

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. — James Meredith

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. — Henry Rollins

I think I came here as a priest ... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven; heresy must be eliminated. — Samuel Bowers

Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected. — DaShanne Stokes