Quotes About Community

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

Power just goes to two poles — to those who've got money, and those who've got people.

From the moment an organizer enters a community, he lives, dreams, eats, breathes, sleeps only one thing, and that is to build the mass power base of what he calls the army.

Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.

The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself.

Music has a bonding power, it's primal social cement

What we want is not power, but simply combination in order to elicit the largest possible giving.

Never underestimate the power of a city to regenerate.

When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.

We firmly believe in the power of unity and feel that it is easier to get pass hardships and challenges as a team. This gels us and keeps us strong.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me. Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you. But asking for help with gratitude says: We have the power to help each other.

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

Voting is not only our right, it is our power. When we vote, we take back our power to choose, to speak up, and to stand with those who support us and each other.

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity.

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.

There is power in corporate fasting and power in corporate praise.

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.