--- title: "8 Shining City Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 8 Shining City quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Shining City sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/lawrence-durrell-2169_past-and-present_and-all-at-once-it-seemed-that-past-and_374663.jpg" --- > [“and all at once it seemed that past and present had joined again without any divisions in it, and that all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-durrell/and-all-at-once-it-seemed-that-past-and-present-had-joined-again/) [Lawrence Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/lawrence-durrell-2169_past-and-present_and-all-at-once-it-seemed-that-past-and_374663.jpg) > [May every day be a new beginning, and every dawn bring us closer to that shining city upon a hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/may-every-day-be-a-new-beginning-and-every-dawn-bring-us-closer-to/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/ronald-reagan-119_cities_may-every-day-be-a-new-beginning-and-eve_482273.jpg) > [Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-reagan/because-of-my-father-we-are-that-shining-city-on-a-hill/) [Michael Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/michael-reagan-18000_cities_because-of-my-father-we-are-that-shining_585011.jpg) > [We didn't just wake up one day and here is the United States of America, and it is the gem, the shining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/we-didn-t-just-wake-up-one-day-and-here-is-the-united-states-of/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/rush-limbaugh-28_america_we-didn-t-just-wake-up-one-day-and-here_1170564.jpg) > [A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/a-shining-city-is-perhaps-all-the-president-sees-from-the-portico-of/) [Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/mario-cuomo-4807_cities_a-shining-city-is-perhaps-all-the-presid_1394805.png) > [With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/with-our-eyes-fixed-on-the-future-but-recognizing-the-realities-of/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/ronald-reagan-119_achieve_with-our-eyes-fixed-on-the-future-but-re_1785046.jpg) > [I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-ve-spoken-of-the-shining-city-all-my-political-life-but-i-don-t/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/ronald-reagan-119_all-kinds_i-ve-spoken-of-the-shining-city-all-my-p_2713386.jpg) > [America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/america-is-and-always-will-be-a-shining-city-on-a-hill/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/ronald-reagan-119_america_america-is-and-always-will-be-a-shining_2906448.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shining-city/#itemlist", "name": "Shining City Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“and all at once it seemed that past and present had joined again without any divisions in it, and that all my memories and impressions had ordered themselves into 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