#civil

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #civil




To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.


Adrienne Clarkson


#civilization #complex #does #fragmented #genius

The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view of the human race, of its growth from the savage to the civilized, which is seen in all stages of social and religious development.


Margaret Murray


#call #civilized #development #growth #human

The world generally speaking is now drifting on a more and more devastating course towards the absurd target of extermination - or rather, to be more exact - of the northern hemisphere's towns, fields, and the people who have developed our civilization.


Alva Myrdal


#civilization #course #devastating #developed #drifting

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.


Reinhold Niebuhr


#aggression #civilization #consequences #defend #even

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice.


Max Nordau


#before #built #citizens #civilization #crimes

Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.


Grover Norquist


#been #before #budget #ceiling #civil

During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.


George William Norris


#about #advocate #agreement #been #between

The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive.


Kim Novak


#always #civil #civil war #history #i

Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society.


Michael Novak


#atheists #civil #civil society #conscience #consciences

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan and its citizens.


Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy


#because #citizens #civilians #coherent #deal