Community Quotes

Small: We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of pr
"We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community"
Janet Reno, Public Servant
Small: The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts
"The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts"
Clarence Stein, Architect
Small: Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, un
"Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet"
Mathieu Kerekou, Politician
Small: The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor
"The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this"
Marc Morial, Politician
Small: A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection,
"A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living"
Rudolf Steiner, Philosopher
Small: Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank
"Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank for the ressurection of our Nation: Adolf Hitler, the patron of German labour and German art"
Gustav Krupp, Businessman
Small: Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Eu
"Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union"
Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician
Small: The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on
"The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on"
Dorothy Day, Activist
Small: The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until
"The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament"
John Buchanan Robinson, Politician
Small: Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and thats why
"Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and that's why we need an overall director of national intelligence and a national counterterrorism center"
Jim Ramstad, Politician
Small: There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The
Oscar Wilde
"There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community
Oscar Wilde
"By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of th
Aristotle
"The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes"
Aristotle, Philosopher
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: 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: 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: The illegal wildlife trade is a complex problem that requires a multifaceted solution. We need a combination o
Peter Knights
"The illegal wildlife trade is a complex problem that requires a multifaceted solution. We need a combination of law enforcement, consumer education, and community engagement to end this destructive trade"
Peter Knights, Activist
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too
Jerry B. Jenkins
"Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were
"Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community"
Ed Smith
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: We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together.
"We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done"
Barbara Jordan, Politician
Small: I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community
"I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community"
Barbara Jordan, Politician
Small: I think the world should be one community
"I think the world should be one community"
Neil Tennant, Musician
Small: There is no executive order there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community.
"There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision"
Barbara Jordan, Politician
Small: Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. Its tough, diffic
"Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny"
Barbara Jordan, 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: 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