“Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.” WorldDifferentWholeTogetherIndividualForgetCitiesLeaderEnemyClassWatchesImagineCallingDevilSittingSightWhole WorldHorribleFlamesSmokingCoveredImagine ThatThronesProvincesBabylonLocality Book:The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Source: The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
“The threat of mutually assured destruction worked for the United States during the Cold War because it had proved its willingness to drop nuclear bombs on enemy cities at the end of World War II. It might work less well for Israel, because the Israeli Air Force has never deliberately targeted a large civilian population center, and its leaders have said its morality would not permit it do so.” WorldWellsSaidWarEndsStatesMightForceUnitedCitiesLeaderEnemyUnited StatesAirColdMoralityDestructionThreatPopulationIsraelNuclearWar Of The WorldsBombsWillingnessPermitWorld War IiWorld War ICold WarAssuredCiviliansIsraeliAir ForceNuclear BombMutually Assured Destruction Author:Alan Dershowitz
“Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be - given the devastation it is wreaking - should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.” WorldShouldMayEnoughActionPoliticsGivenResultsCitiesLeaderRiskNew YorkIncreaseClimateClimate ChangeExtremesWeatherAround The WorldNew York CityDevastationExtreme WeatherElected LeadersImmediate Action Author:Michael Bloomberg
“People are angry that things as common sense as securing the border and eliminating sanctuary cities are being framed as extreme views. They are tired of empty rhetoric without action, and they are hungry for a leader from outside the professional political class.” PeopleActionPoliticalViewsCommonCitiesLeaderClassEmptyAngryTiredExtremesHungryCommon SenseBordersRhetoricSanctuaryEliminatingFramed Author:Carly Fiorina
“Pending catastrophe is not an easy notion to entertain, much less sustain. Americans, moreover, have a low tolerance for doom and gloom. We are the nation of optimism, after all. We elect leaders who promise hope and change. We are the shining city on a hill. But what happens when the lights go out?” LightHappensNationsEasyMoneyCitiesLeaderPromiseLowsOptimismShiningNotionToleranceHillsCatastropheDoomGloomPendingHope And ChangeDoom And Gloom Author:Kathleen Parker
“Jim Fregosi will be deeply missed in the baseball world. Joni and the rest of the family are in our prayers. Fregos, was the best manager I've ever played for. Our relationship was so special.and he was the one that taught me how to be a leader. Fregos and I could relate to each other whether we were in the clubhouse or on the field. In 1993 The City of Brotherly Love changed the world..Fregos was the driving force!!!” WorldForcePrayerCitiesLeaderSpecialFieldsChangedTaughtBaseballDrivingManagersRelateOur RelationshipOur PrayersDriving ForceBrotherlyBrotherly LoveBest Manager Author:Darren Daulton
“The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.” NeedsStatesAgePoliticalCommunityLinesCitiesLeaderCasesBecomingDollarsInvestmentBottomLocalsCompellingBottom LineCivicsScarceBecoming MoreAmerican CitiesLocal Community Author:Mick Cornett
“I hate to think that someday Americans will be looking at the ruins of their cities and saying that this happened because their leaders were afraid of the word unilateral.” ThinkingWarHateCitiesLeaderHappenedI HateRuinsSomeday Book:Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays
“Cities can be rebuilt, industries can be rebuilt, what really matters are strategy forces, military forces and the cadres leaders, political, military and economic.” MatterPoliticalForceCitiesLeaderEconomicMilitaryIndustryStrategyMilitary ForceCadre Author:Richard Pipes
“If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.” IfsThinkingWantShouldCitiesLeaderStoresChainsSan Francisco Author:Chicken John
“We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.” MindSometimesSocialCommunityReligiousMemoriesCitiesLeaderBuildingTraditionWorkersSpeedAbsenceEaseDestinationArchitectConvenienceContinuitySocial WorkerReligious Leaders Author:Howard Mansfield
“Black Mask is new money. He's rich. He's very, very powerful. He's made it. He's known for being brutal and sadistic. And particularly at this point in the Arkham franchise he has enormous resources. He is the number one gang leader in Gotham. And has easily the most power in the city.” MadeBlackPowerfulNumbersCitiesKnownLeaderRichResourcesEnormousMade ItMaskBrutalGangVery PowerfulSadisticGotham Author:Eric Holmes
“I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.” EndsCitiesLeaderMarkNuclearErasRepresentativesParticipationSummitBombingAnniversaryCivil SocietyAbolitionHiroshimaHiroshima And Nagasaki Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“Why are some people like Chuck Schumer, who`s probably going to be leader of the Senate, why is he switching from a big city financial center pro-trader to being an anti-trader? Is that because of upstate New York? What`s going on? I can`t figure this out.” PeopleI CanBigsCitiesLeaderFiguresNew YorkFinancialSenateChuckTradersBig CitiesSwitchingUpstate New York Author:Chris Matthews
“There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: this is not happening in my backyard.” WorldCountryGirlCitiesLeaderViolenceHappeningsClaimsBackyardsLive Free Author:Michelle Bachelet