Civil Quotes

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilized.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

What’s so civil about war anyway?

So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn’t because of Black Power, isn’t because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it’s not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.

Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.