Quotes with communities

  • Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.
  • Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
  • One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

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  • Bobby Seale A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.... the black communities of America must rise up as one man to halt the progression of a trend that leads inevitably to their total destruction.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • Bill Delahunt Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.
    Bill Delahunt
    American lawyer and politician (1941 - )
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  • Bill Lipinski Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
    Bill Lipinski
    American politician (1937 - )
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  • Ben Parr Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help others without expecting anything in return.
    Ben Parr
    American journalist, author, venture capitalist (1985 - )
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  • James Fenimore Cooper Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.
    James Fenimore Cooper
    American writer (1789 - 1851)
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  • Bob Taft Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Carl Levin Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.
    Carl Levin
    American attorney (1934 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bob Ney Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Nordstrom I'm not sure how to say this without making it sound corny, but I honestly feel this is the way to run a business. Our work force needs to mirror these communities, and we've got to get aggressive in recruiting and promoting minorities.
    Bruce Nordstrom
    American businessman (1933 - )
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  • J. A. Dever In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem
    J. A. Dever
     
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  • Abraham Lincoln In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
    Source: Speech Chicago, december 1856
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
    Source: Speech in Manchester (1866)
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bonnie Bassler It's incorrect to think of bacteria as these asocial, single cells. They are individual cells, but they act in communities, exactly the way people do.
    Bonnie Bassler
    American molecular biologist
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Bill Clinton Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Bill Dedman NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least some of the properties are on the secret 'repetitive loss list' that FEMA sends to communities to alert them to problem properties.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Alcee Hastings Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Bell Hooks One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Brad Feld Part of the power of having startup communities is it continues to challenge the status quo. So for many of these cities that were once very important and powerful that today are struggling, startup communities are a way for them to rejuvenate themselves.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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