Civil Quotes

America is committed to seeing civil liberties protected as a shield for freedom-loving people, not as a sword for freedom-loathing people.

Whistle-blowing is work-related speech. Honest civil servants who step forward and document waste, fraud and corruption at work must have the same constitutional protections as other citizens.

Non-violent, but absolutely defiant non-cooperation through acts of public civil disobedience are powerful and nearly uncontrollable tools of social reform.

Usually a criminal prosecution will be commenced and completed before a civil proceeding goes very far.

Worst case scenario, if you had the new government collapse, civil war completely break out, I mean, those kinds of things. But that's a worst case forecast.

This Assembly race presents this year's greatest opportunity for a turnover from two civil rights opponents to two civil rights champions. It's why this race is of the utmost importance not just to LGBT New Jerseyans in the 11th District but also to thousands of LGBT citizens and our straight supporters all across the state.

If Matt Doherty and Jim Reilly win this race, it will help civil rights initiatives of every kind.

The civil rights movement without women? Oh God no, absolutely not. Some of the most amazing successes came from the support of women. They found their strength in the larger mission, in their husbands and families and in each other. Now, as each of these women passes, we are at the end of an era.

All the interior work wasn't completed until after the Civil War.

Maoists have also forced civil servants to resign and restricted movement of people.

There is a tendency today for some of our political leaders to blame their staff and civil servants. That is the worst thing to do.

There's a tremendous tide of freedom that came out of the civil rights movement.

The problems caused by 21 years of civil war are not going to disappear overnight. Bringing all the Sudanese home will take a long time and needs the international community's support to happen.

He was always in a rage. We hardly ever spoke a civil word to one another, yet we were friends. He was a very prideful man, not proud, prideful. When you understood that, you understood him.

These represent the most significant civil rights cases the Supreme Court will have decided in the last quarter-century. This issue is nothing less than whether the doors of opportunity remain open for students of color.

They have abused my civil rights at every turn. Since this happened, I have been on CNN, Good Morning America and the Today Show with another patient, Melinda Haney. This is a compelling story of an abusive government that is un-monitored.

This isn't shaping up to be just a civil war - it's worse than that. It's a war of all against all. What we have is a security vacuum that has given rise to various different forces fighting each other for control ... it's much more fractured than a civil war.

It is not about civil rights or the rights of same-sex couples. Same-sex couples are free to live as they choose.

As long as it's a civil conversation, the communication can last all night as long as it doesn't disrupt a game and we don't have to get into a debate on rules. As long as we have mutual respect, we can have communication.

Economic independence is the next step in the civil rights movement.

By the time of the Civil War slavery was not an issue in the North. The issue was in the South and so it was very easy to continue to demonize the South after the Civil War.

The government has imposed an informal state of emergency. This indicates an introduction of a civil war.

It was basically a civil rights movement, an anti-war movement. It was a planetary movement against Vietnam. It was in France, in Germany -- everywhere in Europe.

We are committed to the Common Civil Code, Article 370 and building of a magnificent temple at the birthplace of Lord Ram.

No man, not even Slobodan Milosevic, is worth a civil conflict and bloodshed.