A community having the breadth and scope of a people still cannot claim to be an ethnic community unless and until there emerges from its mentality a distinctive culture particularized by the community's special character.
Small towns make up for their lack of people by having everyone be more interesting.
'Revelation assures us that 'righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of the Universe. He rewards or punishes them according to their general character. The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.
Harlem is a stage. It's like its own planet, from the way we dress to the swag in the way we walk and talk.
You want each city to be different, not just see the same shopping malls and stores wherever you go. That's not healthy.
Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength.
I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.
A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.
The public realm in America has two roles: it is the dwelling place of our civilization and our civic life, and it is the physical manifestation of the common good. When you degrade the public realm, you will automatically degrade the quality of your civic life and the character of all the enactments of your public life and communal life that take place there.
No rural community, no suburban community, can ever possess the distinctive qualities that city dwellers have for centuries given to the world.
Both my father and I remodeled our homes but were quite careful about preserving the history and unique character of the community.
Iowa is speckled with vibrant communities like Wilton, each with its own character and its own story to tell.
The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.
A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.
I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.
Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.
For me, going to markets is the best way to understand the soul of a place.
Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference.
South Dakota, like a lot of rural states, small states, there are small cities with a very big work ethic, very common sense approach. That has certainly shaped me.
There's such an odd, eclectic group of people that make up the town of Plymouth, New Hampshire. I don't think I could avoid not coming out of there with a pretty good sense of humor.
Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.
We have a wonderful district with lots of fun little stores and companies and farms.
There's tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that's okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don't know what to do with all those feelings.
