But since the founding of the Republic, that sphere of civil life which Edmund Burke called «the fourth estate» has been considered an essential part of the American democratic process. (religion-online.org)
For instance, he revisits the old belief in Christianity's civilizing mission to Africa to address the challenge of building African civil life today. (religion-online.org)
Yet some of those soldiers today, carrying on in civil life with broken health, shattered nerves, lost limbs, need more courage than it took to see them through at St. Mihiel. (religion-online.org)