Activist Quote by Grace Lee Boggs

Detroit is a fascinating place, because things are so bad there that the dystopia has almost become utopian. People know they can't rely on…

— Sasha Abramsky

Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the…

— Michael Imperioli

So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and poor public…

— David Maraniss

I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and…

— Kid Rock

Being a resident of the city and spending most of my time in the city, I've always been perplexed with how people could say…

— Brian Boyle

“Detroit is a city that works hard, gets tired, gets dirty, gets defeated, and picks itself up every day and keeps going with a…

— Aaron Foley

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

— Mitch Albom

Detroit is a metaphor for America, for America's challenges and America's opportunities. It is a hothouse for new innovation, for ingenuity and risk taking.…

— Darren Walker

People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to be "solutionaries"…

— Grace Lee Boggs

What is happening in Detroit is not good so I don't even want to be a part of that, but there is something on…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

I think of what's happening in Detroit as part of something that's much bigger. Most people think of the decline of the city as…

— Grace Lee Boggs

When you go to Detroit you see a town that is resilient, that's just fighting to win again, and there's an energy to that.…

— George Clooney