Top 1200 Civil Service Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

A little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights.

Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.

Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.

Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering, without the intoxicating excitement of killing.

And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's civil rights to say whatever he pleases.

The late Rev. Peter Gomes at The Memorial Church at Harvard was a true mentor to me when I was in college. He instilled in me a commitment to service, saying that it's not enough to believe in service, or support those who serve - you ought to find a way yourself to serve. When I looked at different options after college, nobody inspired me more than the 18- and 19-year-olds who serve on the front lines of our nation's military. Serving with them in the Marines as we together served our country was the greatest honor of my life to date.

I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the civil rights movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.

I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human.

The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

I think the critical thing is the product or service that you're trying to raise money for. And probably the best description of that, people should say when they hear, "This is what I want to do. This is what I want to bring to the market." They should say, "Gee! That's a great idea" or "Gee! Why hasn't somebody else thought of that before? Well, that's an incredible idea!" In other words, the more a person is delighted, or astonished, or happy with your product, or service, or idea, the more happy they are to put up money for it.

With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.

I am a Black woman raised by parents who were active in the civil-rights movement.

My dad was a civil rights lawyer, and he was actually defending conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War.

Without proper, careful organisation of the spinning wheel and khaddar, there is absolutely no civil disobedience.

It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society.

'Madras Cafe' is set against the backdrop of the civil war in Sri Lanka in the 1990s.

When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau.

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.

For most of the world, civil and political rights... come as luxuries that are far away in the future.

That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development.

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha.

I'm often accused of hiring people with civil rights experience, and I do plead guilty to that.

The Civil War ravaged the Southern states, while leaving the North untouched.

I'd like to think I would have signed the Civil Rights bill and wouldn't have had any issues with it.

I have supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality, and fairness for all.

For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering.

You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.

Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

We will continue civil disobedience to fight for democracy and for human rights in Hong Kong.

As the remaining voices for civil disobedience are suppressed, the political spectrum narrows even further.

We strongly believe that individual advocates play an important role in developing a civil society.

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

'The Naked Civil Servant' was as important for me as 'Easy Rider' was for Jack Nicholson. No question.

Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.

What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement.

In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

If people are more civil about games, that'd make me super happy.

No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals.

In any civil society, there's a serious problem when confidence in the rule of law is shaken.

Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.

If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice.

My grandfather was a civil servant. He was honest, so it would be unfair to say we enjoyed the perils of richness.

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think.

When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the modern Southern GOP was born.

The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.

The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.

The Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel."

A lawyer who makes an impression as credible, competent, and civil is one whose thoughts I'll take seriously.

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.

I've supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all.