Quotes About Community

The cause of right is never lost, Leal. I've often thought the biggest damned fool in the world could to down in history as a great man if he would just consistently vote for the greatest good of the greatest number - Kilkenny

The more ill-prepared people are to face trouble, the more likely they are to revert to savagery against each other.

No man is a complete ruler or dictator. He is only the mouthpiece for the wishes of his followers. As long as he expresses those wishes, he leads them.

Men distrust strangers, so have a few places where you are known Ã¢â'¬Â¦ but not too well. Not

The whole town was like that. Probably there weren't three men in town who had not used guns, and used them a lot.

It means little to anybody but us. We set store by kinfolk. We've our troubles from time to time, but when one of us is in danger, there'll be help from any who are around.

for the bringer of meat is welcome at any fire.

How lonely were these silent hills! How reaching out for the sounds of men, for I believe a land needs people to nurse its flesh and bring from it the goodness of crops.

Deadwood Gulch, a scattered, loosely knit series of communities, some of them hidden away in small hollows or scattered in other ravines connecting with this. White Rocks

We both should have left the train at Salt Lake. With the Mormons, you may have to share your man but at least you've got one.

There was never a place he walked that was not the better for his having passed. For every tree he cut down he planted two.

City folks dress a sight different than we-uns and you don't want to shame yourself.

Or do you realize that when any freedom is destroyed for others, it is destroyed for you, too?

The Indian peoples I had known belonged to clans, and the clans demanded that each member conform.

When is the point at which a group of strangers becomes a community? What it is that forges the will of a people?

When men live by hunting it is a constant task with all our mouths to feed, and usually the Indians who came visiting. The

the town of Sentinel was becoming vital, acquiring a consciousness of the future, a sense of belonging. A strong land growing, a land which would give birth to strong sons who could build and plant and harvest. Fitz

No. Until man can order his own affairs, until he ceases to prey on his brothers, he will need someone to maintain order. A lawman is not a restraint, but a freedom, a liberation. He restrains only those who would break the laws and provides freedom for the rest of us to work, to laugh, to sing, to play in peace.

According to Father Ron Rolheiser, "American culture is the most powerful narcotic this planet has ever perpetrated."5 By keeping us focused on food, pleasure, entertainment, and comfort, it keeps us from developing spiritual depth, personal integrity, character, concern for the poor, or community life.

All that can be expected from modern improvements is that legislation should easily and quickly, yet not too quickly, modify itself in accordance with the will of the de facto supreme power in the community

I prefer to use the names their parents gave them -- the names that society will recognize them by when they return to become useful and hardworking members of society.

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She was on the outside here too, just like at school. Even in the circular room, with all the fish swimming around her, she was on the outside. She was in the middle, but on the outside.

What do you eat?" she asked. "Mulligan stew," said Bob. "My friends and I collect scraps of food all day, and then we cook it up in a big pot and share it. It's always different, but very tasty." "Why is it called mulligan stew?" asked Stephen. "There was once a hobo named Mulligan," said Bob. "He made the first mulligan stew." "Was he a good cook?" asked Todd. "No, he was eaten by cannibals.