Quotes Tagged "civil"

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb states; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further: and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Cæsar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. The master of superstition is the people; and in all superstition wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.

The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name of God (though not Jesus), glorify America's heroes and history,quote its sacred texts (the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution), and perform the transubstantiation of pluribus unum.

The western world is a dishonest society of non-disclosure agreements, cash for silence, and the illegal removal of civil rights from those in the know.

The hallmarks of a dishonest society are cash for silence, non-disclosure agreements and the illegal removal of rights of those in the know.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

In 2003, GlaxoSmithKline paid $88 million in civil fines for overcharging Medicaid for its anti-depressant Paxil.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Civil disobedience is - it's no fun.

A civil servant doesn't make jokes.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

My dad was a civil servant, and my mum was a secretary.

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

Civil servants take forever to do anything.

The civil service are risk averse.

The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

War diminishes both civil and economic rights.

Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.

I am a passionate civil libertarian.

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.