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Cities Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see…
- I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say…
- Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.
- Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how…
- I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord"…
- As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: "The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension…
- Let the Negro march. Let him make pilgrimages to city hall. Let him go on freedom rides. And above all, make an effort to understand…
- And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every…
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- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
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- 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