Famous quotes containing the word civil:
“There is reason in the distinction of civil and uncivil. The manners are sometimes so rough a rind that we doubt whether they cover any core or sap-wood at all.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“There are those who say to youwe are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (19111978)
“Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,
A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend;
Dreading een fools, by flatterers besieged,
And so obliging, that he neer obliged;
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause:”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)