Civil

Famous quotes containing the word civil:

“Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.”
—Joseph Ratzinger (b. 1927)