Community Quotes

Small: Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making
Ambrose Bierce
"Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles
Plato
"The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles"
Plato, Philosopher
Small: To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder
Benjamin Disraeli
"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
Small: I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great ta
Ronald Reagan
"I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
Small: An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of i
Martin Luther King Jr.
"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
Small: This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud conf
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Small: Crime and bad lives are the measure of a States failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community
H.G. Wells
"Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community"
H.G. Wells, Author
Small: Skydiving is something Ive never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded
Ann Bancroft
"Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women"
Ann Bancroft, Explorer
Small: One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallel
"One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim"
Henry B. Adams, Historian
Small: There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
"There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age"
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Poet
Small: It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individ
Jeremy Bentham
"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual"
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
Small: I think the world should be one community
"I think the world should be one community"
Neil Tennant, Musician
Small: I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized
John Stuart Mill
"I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized"
John Stuart Mill, Philosopher
Small: The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against
John Stuart Mill
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant"
John Stuart Mill, Philosopher
Small: The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of t
William James
"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community"
William James, Philosopher
Small: So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violatio
"So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community"
William Blackstone, Judge
Small: The community is what makes CrossFit special. Its not just about getting in shape its about the relationships
Ben Smith
"The community is what makes CrossFit special. It's not just about getting in shape; it's about the relationships and the support you find along the way"
Ben Smith, Athlete
Small: Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has
Thomas Aquinas
"Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community"
Thomas Aquinas, Theologian
Small: Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all tha
"Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged"
William Robertson Smith, Scientist
Small: Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers bu
"Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives"
Joe Baca, Politician
Small: I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community
"I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community"
Joe Baca, Politician
Small: Facebook is in a very different place than Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft. We are trying to bui
Mark Zuckerberg
"Facebook is in a very different place than Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft. We are trying to build a community"
Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman
Small: A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes - so check your value to the community
Martin H. Fischer
"A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes — so check your value to the community"
Martin H. Fischer, Author
Small: I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. Thats something the U.S. does very well.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
"I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve"
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician
Small: Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community
Tony Dungy
"Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League"
Tony Dungy, Coach
Small: You shouldnt get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do noth
"You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious"
Kathleen Turner, Actress
Small: In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and
Edmund Burke
"In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature"
Edmund Burke, Statesman
Small: The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants
Thomas Edison
"The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of commu
Stokely Carmichael
"It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations"
Stokely Carmichael, Activist
Small: In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me 15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldnt drive, but I had i
Willie Mays
"In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing"
Willie Mays, Athlete
Small: An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide
Stokely Carmichael
"An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan"
Stokely Carmichael, Activist
Small: Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavori
Allen Ginsberg
"Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh"
Allen Ginsberg, Poet
Small: Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community
"Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture like Roma
"French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali pe
Jan Egeland
"I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times"
Jan Egeland, Public Servant
Small: War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the
"War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
Small: Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry me
"Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears"
Washington Irving, Writer
Small: Theres a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later
Linda M. Godwin
"There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well"
Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut
Small: I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at la
Martin Yan
"I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large"
Martin Yan, Celebrity