"As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed."

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Source : Josiah Strong (1963). “Our Country”

Josiah Strong

#Cities Quotes #Worst Quotes

“The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to do everything we can to protect them.”
“Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.”
“To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give reality to one's dreams.”
“When a child of the streets stands before you in rags, with a tear-stained face, you cannot easily forget him. And yet, you are perplexed what to do. The human soul is difficult to interfere with. You hesitate how far you should go.”
“There is a vast territory between what we're trying to leave behind, and where we want to go - and we don't have any maps for that territory.”
“Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity... and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.”
“Let the pictures do the talking!”
“The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.”

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