Cities Quotes

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The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
Federal funding for cities who consider themselves sanctuary cities should be reduced. — Mitt Romney
Estiven Rodriguez couldn't speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support… — Barack Obama
I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of ministering from the first to… — Charles Spurgeon
I've been telling you for years that if they don't get their way, if all of this stuff that's happened does not enable them to… — William Bill
The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear… — Dick Cheney
The near-term attacks ... will either rival or exceed the 9/11 attacks... And it's pretty clear that the nation's capital and New York city would… — Tom Ridge
Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color. — Lady Bird Johnson
Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited. — Jane Addams
The real illness of the American city today, and especially of the deprived groups within it, is voicelessness. — John Henry Cox
I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said… — Ronald Reagan
Last year a friend went dark in a nervous city alone, the sea flashing against his glasses, the sea sorted out at last in his… — Sylvia Plath
Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without… — Sun Tzu
Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India. — Mahatma Gandhi
Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply the dissensions that divide it may, through… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be… — Aristotle
Nothing in this world is more simple and more cheap than making cities that provide better for people. — Jan Gehl
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect. — Daniel Libeskind
You guys just here to blame someone. You never look yourselves in the mirror, eh? You're always good. You never make the mistakes. Your articles… — Ilya Bryzgalov
Intercession is truly universal work for the Christian. No place is closed to intercessory prayer. No continent - no nation - no organization - no… — Richard Halverson

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