Quotes About Community

The great thing about 'Stand Up for Cancer' is it doesn't take itself too seriously, this is out there, we're going to help sort it out, and we're going to have a laugh while we do it.

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

America won't be saved because one or 10 people stand up. It will be saved because millions of us stand up.

I think the Olympics are a time for the world to come together and put aside differences, but we're also coming to represent ourselves, our communities, and our countries, so I think it's important to stand up and be a voice.

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?

What I will stand up for is what I think is right and for the best interests of the citizens of the state of Iowa.

I'm so glad that we have had so many consequential rallies and parades which have now educated people and made them stand up for the third gender and give them the absolute place in our society that they deserve. There should have never been a division in the first place, though.

I've always had a 'stand up for the people' type of personality.

We would never ask any other faith community to stand up and condemn acts of violence committed by people within their groups. The fact that this is only directed at the Muslim community is something that I personally can't accept.

I was raised to stand up for the little guy, for working families and the middle class.

The folks in this counrty need somebody that will stand up for them.

I think if transvestites don't stand up for themselves, nobody else is going to stand up for transvestites.

No matter where we go in the state, I hear from Mainers that they are ready for someone to stand up for them in Washington.

I came to Washington to stand up for the people who put their trust in me and to ensure the safety of the families and communities in Georgia's Sixth, and across our nation, by keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

We need a system where some politicians - who quite rightly respond to the public mood - are prepared to stand up in favour of housebuilding, so I came up with a system that gives local people something they really want in return for building more homes. In our case in Hatfield, it's a new town centre.

Are we strong? Can we defend ourselves? Are we standing shoulder to shoulder? Do we stand up for each other?

Even in national crisis, it is important that we continue to stand up for our community and follow where our faith leads us.

As sportspeople, we have a power we don't even know. If we get together and talk, things change. If we stand up, people stand up with us.

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the quality of life is more important than the standard of living.

Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.

Oklahoma has a respect for our neighbors. That's the Oklahoma standard.

It's so gratifying to see people face to face who get to meet the people who are giving them a fair price for their work. They can now provide medical support for their kids, give them better education and in general have a better standard of living. God knows they deserve it.

In building a social network, the standards and mores of a community are its lifeblood; one does not lightly 'experiment' with these, and LinkedIn is exactly right to defend them.

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.