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Cities Quotes by Barack Obama
- We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim…
- 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…
- 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.
- That's where peace begins - not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people. Not just in some carefully designed process,…
- They will tell you that the Americans who sleep in the streets and beg for food got there because they're all lazy or weak of…
- I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manfuacturer's lobby.…
- Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I'm supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and…
- America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to…
- So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this…
- The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated as holding pens—miniature…
- One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change…
- Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome -- black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the…
More Cities Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in… — Margaret Atwood
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman
- There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader… — Michelle Bachelet
- London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that… — David Bailey
- My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something… — Cleveland Abbe
- I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would… — Alec Baldwin