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Quotes About Communities

Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
~ Malcolm Fraser
This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities.
~ Lucille Roybal-Allard
I wouldn't say you can engineer viral. But there is viral content that comes from dense communities.
~ John Cabrera
The crippling health and economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis have been felt across Central Virginia. But in our communities of color, COVID-19's spread has been particularly destructive.
~ Abigail Spanberger
A lack of reliable high-speed Internet access creates an opportunity divide between Central Virginia's rural communities and our suburban areas.
~ Abigail Spanberger
I was an eccentric teenager in suburban New Jersey, in a town mostly interested in sports, popularity, and clothes. A fan of Jorge Luis Borges, I found a group of Borges scholars from Aarhus, Denmark - perfect strangers - whom I connected to online and immediately became enthralled by the idea of virtual communities.
~ Caterina Fake
The Internet and virtual reality make it easier for people to stay rooted in their communities and work for companies headquartered elsewhere. The Internet has also created countless small businesses, triggering the creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
~ Ro Khanna
Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.
~ Reid Hoffman
These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better.
~ Lucy Powell
Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.
~ Michael Marmot
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
~ Barack Obama
Part of what we should be thinking about, whenever legislation is passed, is, 'how does this affect all varieties of communities?'
~ Sharice Davids
He'll get around to fixing it," Murray said, as we set out on foot in the direction of Elm. "He fixes everything eventually. He's very good with all those little tools and fixtures and devices that people in cities never know the names of. The names of these things are only known in outlying communities, small towns and rural areas.
~ Don DeLillo
The artistic and gay communities typically are early trend spotters and excel at mining the potential of up-and-coming neighborhoods.
~ Donald J. Trump
Life on earth is such a good story you cannot afford to miss the beginning... Beneath our superficial differences we are all of us walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings.
~ Lynn Margulis
International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere
~ Koichiro Matsuura
I think it is important that we are targeting HIV/AIDS resources into the communities where we're seeing the highest growth rates. That means education and prevention, particularly with young people.
~ Barack Obama
Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.
~ Margaret Beckett
We call on all members of America's religious communities, as a testament of our common faith, to join Faithful Security, and to take action immediately to break faith with nuclear weapons.
~ William Sloane Coffin
Scandinavians knew all about the rich coastal communities of the kingdoms to the south,
~ Unknown
Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.
~ Kofi Annan
More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries
~ Gro Harlem Brundtland
Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.
~ Mike Quigley