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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    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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    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 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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