#civil

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ↗

— Judith Martin

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I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. ↗

— Paul Martin

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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

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Equal and united people can above all become a part of the civilization toward which mankind is moving. If we cannot be at the head of the column leading to such a civilization, there is certainly no need for us to be at is tail. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

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Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#beginning #civilized #civilized man #man #wine

The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I look back and I can't believe there was ever a time in this country when ANY citizen could not vote. The times were appalling. ↗

— Charles Moore

#always #any #appalling #back #basic

We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

#australia #both #britain #civilisation #coming

America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. ↗

— John O'Hara

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The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#civilized #could #late #luxurious #mary

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution. ↗

— Barack Obama

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