Civil Defence

Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or defence:

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

“They aroused me to a determination to understand more fully the position of women, and the character of those men who talk so much of the need of our being “protected”Mremoving from us, meanwhile, what are often the very weapons of our defence [sic], occupations, and proper and encouraging remuneration.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (1805–1875)