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Jai Ganesh

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Civil Quotes - I

Civil Quotes

1. A war between Europeans is a civil war. - Victor Hugo

2. The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan

3. No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change. - Joe Biden

4. When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. - John Milton

5. Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. - Edmund Burke

6. One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things. - Ban Ki-moon

7. You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff. - George H. W. Bush

8. National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. - Theresa May.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.