Community Spirit Quotes

• I'm often asked why I travel around the country talking politics. Is it for humanitarian reasons, community spirit, or is it for the money, the limousines or the girls? The answers are: no, no, yes yes yes!

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  Pat Paulsen

  Girl   Country   Talking Politics  

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• It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have serious leisure, and this has not been the genius of the Americans.

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  Paul Goodman

  Powerful   People   Community  

  Paul Goodman (2011). “Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society”, p.38, New York Review of Books

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• If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.

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  Carl Sagan

  Country   Children   Teaching  

  "The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark". Book by Carl Sagan, ch. 25: "Real Patriots Ask Questions", 1995.

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• I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago.

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  Jane Byrne

  Opportunity   Cities   Community  

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• When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.

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  Randy Neugebauer

  Past   Fire   Generosity  

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• We should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit.

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  Carl Sagan

  Atheist   Children   Teaching  

  Carl Sagan (2011). “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.434, Ballantine Books

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• If you're religious or not, the world and society lacks as much of community spirit as it had.

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  Luke Pritchard

  Religious   Community   World  

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.

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  Lady Bird Johnson

  Community   Important   Spirit  

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• Celtic enjoys a greater community spirit than any other club in the world.

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  Archie Macpherson

  Community   World   Clubs  

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• You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

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  Woodrow Wilson

  Life   Motivational   Inspiring  

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.15, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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