We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.
Interpretation
Neglecting cities leads to the decline of the nation as a whole.
This quote emphasizes the importance of cities in the context of a nationβs health and prosperity. It suggests that cities are not just physical spaces, but vital components of a country's social and economic fabric; neglecting them risks the overall well-being and progress of the nation itself.
In practice
During a community meeting about urban development, this quote could be used to highlight the need for investment in city infrastructure.
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.
I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children - not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women - not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
The wealth that cannot be administered is a burden.
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.
Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
It's very hard to live with yourself if you don't stick with your moral code.
Instead of gambling on the eternal impossibility of the revolution and on the fascist return of a war-machine in general, why not think that a new type of revolution is in the course of becoming possible, and that all kinds of mutating, living machines conduct wars, are combined and trace out a plane of consistance which undermines the plane of organization of the World and the States?
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
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