Cities Quote by Eric Garcetti Download Open image “Cities are those laboratories of democracy that states used to be.” — Eric Garcetti ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Democracy States Those Used
We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development. — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas. — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
All forms of the state have democracy for their truth, and for that reason are false to the extent that they are not democracy — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
“But no city-state ever solved the problem of incorporating new territories and new populations into its existing structure, or involving really large numbers of… — Joseph Reese Strayer Copy Share Image
“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny. As the… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
I don't spend much time on the computer at all, so I do most of my email on my phone if I do any… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
On my mom's side, the Jewish side of the family, I come from a family of musicians who are pianists, so I've always loved… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
I don't think you can lead a nation if you don't have a definition of the nation. We have to define, as Democrats, what… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Campaigns are these moments of suspended animation where people usually learn how to be friends afterward. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
The idea of red-washing or blue-washing an entire county because a few more people vote one way or the other does a disservice to… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those politicians, to my probably discredit, who thinks very far ahead. It has to feel right to me and not… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Most people will be primarily getting into autonomous vehicles if we look 20, 30 years out. If we mandate that autonomous vehicles have to… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image