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It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the post-Civil War amendments.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: About Amendment Assignment Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Civil War Congress Got Laid Movement Out Rights Rights Movement Serious Until War 1950S

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The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: American Authority Civil Civil Rights Movements Question Rights Taught

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Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Acts Bad Bad Behavior Behavior Civil Companies Compensate Important Important Things Injured Lawsuits Others People Things Two Who

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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

~Adam Lambert

Topics: Civil Civil Rights Leader Rights Singer Trying

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I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.

~Adam Michnik

Topics: Between Choose Civil Civil War Justice Know Leads Logic New Prefer Pure Reconciliation Revolution War You

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However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.

~Adam Rickitt

Topics: Civil Concept Couples Disgrace Eyes Had However Law Legal Long Partnerships Protection Recognition Rights Same Saying Sex Support Think Totally Wait

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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.

~Adam Schiff

Topics: Change Characterize Civil Civil Liberties Democracy Fear Liberties Life Live Our Terrorists Undermine Way Will

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If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.

~Adnan Pachachi

Topics: Civil Civil War Continue Country Dominated Forces Groups Now People Political Result Security Security Forces Them Then Trust War Will

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Growing up in Egypt, I never saw the country as divided as it is today. We now have two main political groupings: the Islamist parties and the civil, or liberal, political parties.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Civil Country Divided Egypt Growing Growing Up Liberal Main Never Now Parties Political Political Parties Saw Today Two Up

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The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salifist parties are a real force in the Egyptian society. No civil, liberal government can succeed, even after new elections, if the Islamists are forced to work underground as a foe and the country remains divided.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: After Brotherhood Civil Country Divided Egyptian Elections Even Foe Force Forced Government Liberal Muslim New Parties Real Remains Society Succeed Underground Work

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