#civil

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves. ↗

— Shirley Chisholm

#civil rights #comes #conflict #counted #decades

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#civilians #innocent #innocent civilians #killing #terrorism

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#civil #civil society #elected #even #ever

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#because #civilization #democracy #him #imprison

You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war that's based on religion. ↗

— Midge Ure

#civil #civil war #entire #find #help

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#civilised #i #irrevocably #laughter #me

I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those. ↗

— David Spade

#civilians #hear #i #lot #relationships

My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband. ↗

— John Conyers

#civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #consistent #dedicated

Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed. ↗

— Jim Costa

#civil #civil rights #continued #contributions #her

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#civil #civil war #cliched #cut #dances