“My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time.” ChildrenTwoThreeParentDevotedCivicsBeaversCivic Minded Author:Sissy Spacek
“What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?” LibertyIndependenceFreedom And LibertyCivic Minded Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was sitting in a bar here in Davos with Bono. Late at night, after a few drinks, he was on fire, talking about how we could get a percentage of each purchase from civic-minded companies to help change the world. He kept calling people, waking them up, and handing me the phone to show me the interest.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsWellsHelpingShowsFormNightInterestBusinessCompanyTalkingCreativeFireDrinkCallingLateSittingCapitalismYears AgoPhonesBarsChanging The WorldWakingShow MePercentagesCivicsDavosCivic Minded Author:Bill Gates
“If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenCreatingIntelligentOur ChildrenSaneRecipesCivicsCivic Minded Author:Amanda Peet
“Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation, and destroy the male sex.” GovernmentSexFeminismFemaleAspectResponsibleRemainsMalesFeministSeekingRelevantBoresThrillCivicsInstituteThis SocietyScumAutomationMisandryRadical FeministMan HatingCivic Minded Author:Valerie Solanas
“I have written on numerous occasions that there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to imagine that the vast majority of American Muslims are civic-minded patriots who accept wholeheartedly the parameters of American pluralism, this proposition has actually never been proven.” CommunityAcceptingImagineWrittenMajorityPeacefulOccasionsDistinctionImagine ThatPatriotProvenPropositionsCivicsParametersWholeheartedlyPluralismMuslim CommunityCivic Minded Author:Robert Spencer
“What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...” WarLibertyGunArmyIndependenceRelianceBosomsFreedom And LibertyGallantCivic Minded Author:Abraham Lincoln