Civil State Award

Famous quotes containing the words civil, state and/or award:

    “There are those who say to you—we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    “Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.”
    —Paddy Ashdown (b. 1941)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)