Cities Quote by Josiah Strong Download Open image “As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed.” — Josiah Strong ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Worst
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst. — Jane Bowles Copy Share Image
We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth,… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
Furthermore, it is significant that the marked characteristics of this race are being here emphasized most. — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
The city has become a serious menace to our civilization It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant. — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
Our fifty principal cities contain 39.3 per cent of our entire German population, and 45.8 per cent of the Irish. Our ten larger cities… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
Long before the thousand millions are here, the mighty centrifugal tendency, inherent in this stock and strengthened in the United States, will assert itself. — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in… — Josiah Strong 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
