Community Quotes

4296 Community quotes by 2636 unique authors

Authority ought to be there only to serve its particular community by removing restrictions on freedom of expression and action under my golden rule of… — David Icke
Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by… — Noam Chomsky
We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they… — Julia Gillard
The problem with the old ideology was that it suppressed the individual by starting with society. But it is from a sense of individual duty… — Tony Blair
[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the taxes and, of… — John C. Calhoun
The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the citizen for his… — Ludwig von Mises
Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose… — David Korten
We need a change in consciousness to go with this technology platform. We need a new narrative: we need to shift from geopolitics to biosphere… — Jeremy Rifkin
Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance. — Lester R. Brown
I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to be a new form of the ten commandments. They lay the foundation for a sustainable global… — Mikhail Gorbachev
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding,… — Uta Hagen
The human rights we are to discuss here at Vienna are . . . the quintessential values through which we affirm together that we are… — Unknown Author
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts… — Mary Robinson
For the first time in history, my community has had to use air conditioners. Imagine that, air conditioners in the Arctic. — Sheila Watt-Cloutier
If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities. — Richard M Daley
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in… — Marc Morial
My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. I wanted my death to be something the people could relate to, a… — Huey Newton
Dangerous acts can be done safely in a community which thinks and feels rightly, which would be the way to hell if they were executed… — John Maynard Keynes
You might not see climate change as an immediate threat to your job, your community, or your families," Kerry said. "But let me tell you,… — John F. Kerry
Capitalism is the only society in human history in which neither tradition nor conscious direction supervises the total effort of the community; it is the… — Robert Heilbroner
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived in… — Eric Kierans
We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each… — Pope John Paul II
The community owes us nothing. It's up to us to go out and earn their respect. — Jerry Colangelo
I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the community as a… — Albert Einstein
Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with the task of… — Pope Paul VI

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