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Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, stacker of wheat, Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of big shoulders. — Carl Sandburg
First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for… — Lincoln Steffens
Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago. — Lincoln Steffens
It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is… — Mark Twain
Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely… — Mark Twain
Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers… — Oscar Wilde
Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune. — Alexander Woollcott
I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby. — Barack Obama
Heaven is a paradise, a city, a country . . . and so much more that we can't begin to wrap our finite minds around… — Greg Laurie
In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American… — Frank N. Ikard
I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon… — Hamlin Garland
The disadvantages of a decentralized, spread out urban area are tremendous, and the environmental damage of urban sprawl cannot be ignored. As a large city,… — Minoru Mori
We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the women and children amid the… — Stephen Crane
In order for once to get a glimpse of our European morality from a distance, in order to compare it with other earlier or future… — Friedrich Nietzsche
For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. — John Winthrop
Let us resolve tonight that young Americans will always . . . find there a city of hope in a country that is free .… — Ronald Reagan
Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, the city and… — Thomas Paine
It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and made it the… — Ronald Reagan

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