Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them. Votes: 4
Mary Frances BerryCivil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic. Votes: 3
William KunstlerThe Civil War ravaged the Southern states, while leaving the North untouched. Votes: 3
Eustace MullinsCivil dissension is a viperous worm That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth. Votes: 3
William ShakespeareCivil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiCivil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiFor a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression. Votes: 3
Gary Clark, Jr.My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War. Votes: 3
Jack ScaliaCivil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again. Votes: 3
Ira GlasserCivil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. Votes: 3
Alexander HamiltonIn Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. Votes: 3
Tony BlairCivil disobedience is a lever which can move the world by using peace as a fulcrum. Votes: 3
Mehmet Murat ildanThe Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end. Votes: 3
T. S. EliotI favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. Votes: 3
Ronald ReaganCivil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiWhen I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 3
Bernice Johnson ReagonThe three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic. Votes: 3
Daniel MendelsohnThe South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. Votes: 3
Ida B. WellsLike many people who live in the South, I'm drawn to the history of the Civil War. Votes: 3
Nicholas SparksI'm Beginning To Wonder If It Would Have Been Best Had The South Won The Civil War. Votes: 3
Ted NugentWhen I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War. Votes: 3
Marc AndreessenAfter all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side. Votes: 3
William Tecumseh ShermanThe majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred. Votes: 3
Jim LeachTaking Viagra after open heart surgery is like a Civil War re-enactment with live ammo. Not good. Votes: 3
Robin WilliamsCivil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. Votes: 3
Andrew YoungOffering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War. Votes: 3
Abraham LincolnIn case we have to shoot Democrats. It happened during the Civil War, and it could happen again. Votes: 3
P. J. O'RourkeI picked up this book called Blue Mountain, supposed to be a really good book on the Civil War. Votes: 3
Max LucadoA Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War. Votes: 3
Charles InglisYou might be a redneck if more than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general. Votes: 3
Jeff FoxworthyThe remark has been made that in the Civil War the North reaped the victory and the South the glory. Votes: 3
Richard M. WeaverThe Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin. Votes: 3
John FundVoroshilov was a hard-riding, hard-drinking military crony of civil-war days. Votes: 0
Kliment VoroshilovIndeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiChildren's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list. Votes: 0
Letty Cottin PogrebinMass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe reform [of the civil service] should be thorough, radical, and complete. Votes: 0
Rutherford B. HayesEducation is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today. Votes: 0
Michelle ObamaIn cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women's movement. Votes: 0
Marisa TomeiArmaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy. Votes: 0
John Ralston SaulHere seems now no reasonable justification for continuing any civil plutonium program. Votes: 0
Jinzaburo TakagiThe British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism. Votes: 0
Shirley WilliamsIn a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.' Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinJustice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't. Votes: 0
Angela Davis... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice. Votes: 0
Janeane GarofaloBy 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader. Votes: 0
Constance Baker MotleyGod desires to free our country from darkness through our active civil position. Votes: 0
Sunday AdelajaKing consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. Votes: 0
Constance Baker MotleyReading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. Votes: 0
Jorge Luis BorgesReading . . . is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. Votes: 0
Jorge Luis BorgesIt's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions. Votes: 0
Olivia De HavillandRosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist. Votes: 0
Douglas BrinkleyWomen of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. Votes: 0
William WycherleyThe civil justice system is a backup system when the criminal justice system fails. Votes: 0
Ralph NaderThe necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained. Votes: 0
Dwight D. Eisenhower....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. Votes: 0
Kathryn StockettMy first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. Votes: 0
Martin SheenIt's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement. Votes: 0
Danny GloverSince I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. Votes: 0
Esther DysonFrom hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonPresidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. Votes: 0
David GreenbergStudents for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere. Votes: 0
Bill AyersVirtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups. Votes: 0
George AyitteyLiberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals. Votes: 0
Ann CoulterWe are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonTo be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one. Votes: 0
Jose Antonio VargasI'm not happy, frankly. Because I think in a civil society we don't need firearms. Votes: 0
David CollenetteThe sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people. Votes: 0
Roger WilliamsAfter a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillYou can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world. Votes: 0
Rand PaulThe unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. Votes: 0
Andrew YoungIf they don't close these [nuclear] reactors down, we'll have civil war in five years. Votes: 0
Ralph NaderMarriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights. Votes: 0
Jack Kingston[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them Votes: 0
James HoweThe opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonI believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. Votes: 0
Andrew CuomoWithout the intervention of the civil authority what would our percepts become?- Platonic laws Votes: 0
Teresa StoverWithout the intervention of the civil authority what would our percepts become?- Platonic laws. Votes: 0
Philipp MelanchthonThey [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness. Votes: 0
Edmund WilsonThere is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Votes: 0
Dorothy HeightOnce we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war. Votes: 0
William Eldridge OdomThe marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well. Votes: 0
David PaulLet no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. Votes: 0
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinIf civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that? Votes: 0
Ai WeiweiA false worship will not hurt the civil state if the worshipper breaks no civil law. Votes: 0
Roger WilliamsTo a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war. Votes: 0
Eugen Rosenstock-HuessyIn a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor. Votes: 0
Andrew YoungClanless, lawless, homeless is he who is in love with civil war, that brutal ferocious thing. Votes: 0
HomerI believe in civil disobedience among other forms of resistance in times when it's called for. Votes: 0
William KunstlerThe United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty. Votes: 0
Thomas PaineThat in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing. Votes: 0
Nuruddin FarahMass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiMy father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Votes: 0
James RainwaterPresident [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. Votes: 0
Danny GloverWhen you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently. Votes: 0
Trent LottI like extreme situations: people pushed out of their comfort zones; the civil veneer stripped off. Votes: 0
Sarah HallEven here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. Votes: 0
Ruben Santiago-HudsonOur involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. Votes: 0
Mary Jane PattersonThere is neither a foreign war nor a civil war; there is only just and unjust war. Votes: 0
Victor HugoI come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west. Votes: 0
Rodney DangerfieldReligion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort. Votes: 0
Edmund BurkeSatyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiIn the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many. Votes: 0
A. J. MusteThe civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law. Votes: 0
James A. GarfieldYou cannot demand your rights, civil or otherwise, if you are unwilling to say what you are. Votes: 0
Merle MillerLet me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself. Votes: 0
Saxby ChamblissI'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody. Votes: 0
Jim LehrerWe have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonI don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service. Votes: 0
Paul WellerThe most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death... Votes: 0
John HowardThe faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity. Votes: 0
Claudio HummesMy father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. Votes: 0
Eric Allin CornellSelfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights Votes: 0
Maria Weston ChapmanThe Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel." Votes: 0
Ali KhameneiScience can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingWhat drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement. Votes: 0
David PriceIt strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteDemocracy is disruptive... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. Votes: 0
Naomi WolfA little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukA civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. Votes: 0
George S. PattonThe Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodThe Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughGardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauI was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. Votes: 0
Nina SimoneThere's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country? Votes: 0
Jon VoightIn a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. Votes: 0
James MadisonI will not resolve a land dispute if civil groups or politicians are involved in the land disputes. Votes: 0
Hun SenThe problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience. Votes: 0
Howard ZinnOne of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties. Votes: 0
Charles A. ReichI can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ. Votes: 0
MontesquieuFor to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroAll wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels. Votes: 0
Francois FenelonThe Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats. Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnI marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. Votes: 0
George TakeiIn a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil. Votes: 0
Patrick O'BrianIn a civil war⦠every side is wrong. It's hopeless to try to untangle it. Everyone is a victim. Votes: 0
Philip K. DickI only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill. Votes: 0
Victor HugoFor this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think. Votes: 0
Percy Bysshe ShelleyHacednos, si queréis, enemigos de todas las naciones, pero apartad de nosotros la guerra civil
LucanoEven here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. Votes: 2 Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. Votes: 1 Ruben Santiago-Hudson
The Goldschmidts had joined forces with other Rothschild cousins, the Bischoffsheims, to form a banking partnership which financed the North in the American Civil War. Votes: 5 David Icke
I was born in 1966, at the beginning of the Biafran-Nigerian Civil War, and the war ended after three years. And I was growing up in school, and the federal government didn't want us taught about the history of the war, because they thought it probably would make us generate a new generation of rebels. Votes: 1 Chris Abani
With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized Votes: 3 Oscar Wilde
There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party. Votes: 4 Pete du Pont
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. Votes: 1 William Petty
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. Votes: 1 William Petty
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions. Votes: 3 Dorothy Height
These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious. Votes: 1 Ethan A. Hitchcock
I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation. Votes: 1 Louie Gohmert
There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil. Votes: 1 Joe Scarborough
A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse. Votes: 4 Gordon Gee
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. Votes: 4 Constance Baker Motley
George Washington was quite a farmer. He was a farmer, Civil Engineer and gentleman. He made enough at civil engineering to indulge in both the other luxuries. Votes: 5 Will Rogers
I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. Votes: 6 Daniel J. Evans
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. Votes: 1 John Quincy Adams
The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well. Votes: 5 Ernest Istook
I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. Votes: 6 Ishmael Reed
I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public's confidence in, and perception of, our national security programs, by increasing transparency, strengthening oversight, and safeguarding civil liberties. Votes: 2 Dutch Ruppersberger
The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection. Votes: 1 John Marshall
If you look at attitudes today and where they are headed, it's clear to me that supporting equal rights, including the rights to civil marriage, is a net positive for winning elections, as well as the right thing to do. Votes: 4 Ken Mehlman
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. Votes: 3 Edmund Burke
I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships. Votes: 3 Hillary Clinton
Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights. Votes: 3 Samuel Alito
When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force. Votes: 4 Anne-Marie Slaughter
I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Votes: 3 Rand Paul
Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities. Votes: 5 Mary Frances Berry
The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will. Votes: 3 Antonin Scalia
The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment. Votes: 1 Lyman Trumbull
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. Votes: 4 Andrew Young
I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience Votes: 5 Bernice Johnson Reagon
How my film career happened, I don't know. It was unplanned. I'd been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really 'The Naked Civil Servant' in 1975 that put me on the radar. Votes: 3 John Hurt
The Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers are one team. The Cabinet Ministers and the State Ministers are another team. The Civil Servants at the Centre and the States are yet another team. This is the only way we can successfully develop India. Votes: 4 Narendra Modi
The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence. Votes: 3 Antony Jay
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. Votes: 5 Edmund Burke
Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest. Votes: 3 Stephen Hawking
We are in a new Civil War, and just like the last, it is a struggle for the sanctity of the Union - and it's hardly civil. Votes: 5 Allen West
President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War. Votes: 1 Douglas Brinkley
The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it. Votes: 1 Dan Savage
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. Votes: 1 William Petty
Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy. Votes: 1 John Ralston Saul
Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before. Votes: 1 Marianne Williamson
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress. Votes: 1 Stephen Ambrose
The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era. Votes: 1 Rand Paul
Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay. Votes: 1 Doc Hastings
I'm listing to music all the time. I have favorite artists. Kid Rock loves the Civil Wars' song 'Barton Hollow.' We both said that's our favorite country song of the year. That knocks me out. Votes: 3 Bob Seger
I began to see during the civil war, in that part of the states of Missouri and Kansas where the doctors were shut out, the children did not die. Votes: 2 Andrew Taylor Still
We can only imagine the history of the free world today if, at the end of the Civil War, there had been two countries: the United States and the Confederate States of America. Votes: 2 Douglas Brinkley
I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative. I'm not coming from a neutral place, but with time, I've had to re-examine my thinking. Votes: 2 Ziad Doueiri
The spine of the FBI is the rule of law. The spine of the FBI is a commitment to doing the right thing, in the right way, while protecting civil liberties. Votes: 3 James Comey
They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways. Votes: 1 Tom Allen
The Confederate flag was the flag of the American South during the civil war. It was the flag of people who were fighting against their own government in an attempt to retain slavery. It was the flag of people who thought slavery was no problem, who thought slavery was a good thing. Votes: 2 John Niven