2,405 Quotes About Cities
- Author Joshua Slocum
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Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain.
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- Author Josiah Strong
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The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center,
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- Author Josiah Strong
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Not only does the proportion of the poor increase with the growth of the city, but their condition becomes more wretched.
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- Author Josiah Strong
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As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed.
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- Author Josiah Strong
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The city has become a serious menace to our civilization It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.
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- Author Josiah Strong
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The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor.
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- Author L. Neil Smith
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City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.
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- Author Lea Salonga
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I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period.
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- Author Lincoln Steffens
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Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.
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