#civil

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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.


Hannah Arendt


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I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights.


Alan Autry


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It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.


Ibrahim Babangida


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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.


Irving Babbitt


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In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul.


Edward Bach


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Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.


Richard Bach


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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.


Walter Bagehot


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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.


George Bancroft


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So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative.


Robert Barclay


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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.


L. Frank Baum


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