Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or commons:
“A war between Europeans is a civil war.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)