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Community Quotes


"The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime."


"No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity."


"Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet."


"I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to be accountable to their owners, their customers, their members and communities and other interest groups."


"In fact, 37 percent of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century have been representatives of the Jewish community."


"Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community."


"Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice."


"I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times."


"There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity."


"Violent crime rates fell steadily from 1993 to 2002, and this nearly coincides with the establishment of the community policing program known as the COPS program under the Clinton administration."


"In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars."


"Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis."


"We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced."


"Whoever moves into a community has a vested interest in it."


"We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans."


"I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community."


"You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all."


"Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell research to be reached, the number of cell lines readily available to scientists must increase."


"Only the church can provide people with quality fellowship."


"Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights."


"I would find myself backing away from all of the "isms," all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected."


"I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community."


"In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story."


"Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety to their country."


"If your support the community, they will support you."


"We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools."


"I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large."


"My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day."


"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."


"Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity."


"You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich."


"There is much more to schools than buildings. There are academic activities, how it reaches the community and its proximity to other programs."


"In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community."


"If we don't take Tullamore, no other community will."


"Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely."


"I like how they are. I think they're great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I've ever lived. Really, it's terrific."


"One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community."


"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees."


"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."


"As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level."
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