Community Quotes - Page 14

• Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Responsibility, Power, Men

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• Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code - a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that these techniques are in the hands of the wrong people-or, rather, there aren't any right people.

  B. F. Skinner

  Hands, People, Technique

  B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.153, Hackett Publishing

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• I wanted to be part of a high-class scene of musicians. It was half-inspired because I didn't have many friends, and I was hoping that I would meet people and fall in love and start a community around me, the way they used to do in the '60s.

  Lana Del Rey

  Falling In Love, Class, People

  "Lana Del Rey hoped music industry would make her more friends" by Leah Simpson, www.digitalspy.com. January 29, 2012.

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• In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.

  Hilda Solis

  Lunch, Mentor, Teens

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• We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Leadership, Sports, Sake

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• Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

  Donna Brazile

  Jesus, People, Roles

  "Millions Insulted by Liberals' Use of Jesus Christ/Pontius Pilate Line". Interview with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. September 12, 2008.

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• When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Brother, Needs, Injustice

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

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• The Hispanic community values entrepreneurship and family-owned businesses, and we deserve a leader in Washington who is dedicated to creating an environment where our values, our goals and our dreams of prosperity can become reality.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Dream, Reality, Creating

  "Obama to Hispanics on immigrants: I see my kids", www.foxnews.com. June 22, 2012.

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• It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European frame work.

  Giorgio Napolitano

  Responsibility, Currency, Stability

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• We can see the light but we are still inside the tunnel, ... We have not been able to get to all the communities.

  Pablo Picasso

  Tunnels, Light, Able

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• You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and the community of his Church.

  Pope Francis

  Church, May, Way

  Pope Francis' Speech during the Meeting with Families at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, w2.vatican.va. January 16, 2015.

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• An evangelizing community gets involved in word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing to abase itself if necessary, and it embraces human life, touching the suffering flesh of Christ in others

  Pope Francis

  Distance, Bridges, People

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.12, BookBaby

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• May this colloquium be an inspiration to all who seek to support and strengthen the union of man and woman in marriage as a unique, natural, fundamental and beautiful good for persons, families, communities, and whole societies.

  Pope Francis

  Beautiful, Inspiration, Unique

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• How do you think the transition from the present situation to community of Property is to be effected? The first, fundamental condition for the introduction of community of property is the political liberation of the proletariat through a democratic constitution.

  Friedrich Engels

  Thinking, Political, Transition

  Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx (2004). “The Communist Manifesto”, p.109, Broadview Press

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• There is no sign, not one sign, that the Iraqi regime has any intent to comply fully with the terms of Resolution 1441, just as it has failed to comply with previous U.N. Security Council resolutions. The international community gave Iraq one final opportunity to disarm peacefully, and that opportunity has run its course. Dr. Blix [Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector] told us on Monday that there has been no progress toward credible, verifiable disarmament.

  Richard Armitage

  Running, Monday, Opportunity

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• Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy areas now subject to majority voting... In our opinion, this must have serious implications for the traditional view of Parliament as a legislative body sovereignty.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Government, Views, Europe

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• The concepts of community and community life, have since the Dreaming, always held special significance for Aboriginal people because both provided the physical, cultural, spiritual and social environments, which supported children, young people, families and the aged.

  Ken Wyatt

  Dream, Spiritual, Children

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• The persistent appetite for human beings for community is what we should all be dedicated to.

  Bob Maguire

  Should, Appetite, Dedicated

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• Whatever happens... men, women and children have to be prepared to put other people first and thereby create the miracle of the species which is people living together in harmony and putting other people first, before themselves.

  Bob Maguire

  Children, Men, People

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• I just know when you do good things, it helps other people and makes you feel good... I don't think I'm a goody-goody for one second, but I believe that helping people was the right way to be. And you just gave someone else a hand up, help them up and they'll come back and help you if you need it.

  Gabi Hollows

  Believe, Helping Others, Thinking

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• You've got to involve yourself in doing something for other people all the time. I know that sounds sentimental, but you see, ordinary people are the most generous people on Earth without question. And what I think we should do is constantly try to give as much of ourselves as we can to each other - that's the secret of happiness for all of us.

  Peter Cundall

  Thinking, Giving, People

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• O sleep, O gentle sleep, I thought gratefully, Nature's gentle nurse.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Sleep, Nurse, Gentle

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• I am confident there is a cause for everyone. Think of how you can contribute; we all have different skills.

  Simon McKeon

  Thinking, Skills, Causes

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• Fortunately, perhaps, I was completely ignorant of the orthodox theory of the disease polio-myelitis.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Ignorant, Disease, Theory

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• A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters - and the battle must go on.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Dust, Honor, Victory

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