“Whether you actually can or can't fight city hall is of little relevance. Either way, when the need arises, you must!” WayNeedsLittlesFightingPoliticsCitiesAriseHallsRelevanceCity Hall Author:Derek R. Audette
“You know, we had the elections earlier in the week, and a dead woman, in Pennsylvania, somehow was on the ballot and she was elected to city council. A dead woman actually elected! And I'm thinking, well, I guess there is still hope for Al Gore.” ThinkingKnowsWellsStillsPoliticsCitiesWeekElectionAlsCouncilGoreBallotsPennsylvaniaCity Council Author:David Letterman
“Rome was in the most dangerous inclination to change on account of the unequal distribution of wealth and property, those of highest rank and greatest spirit having impoverished themselves by shows, entertainments, ambition of offices, and sumptuous buildings, and the riches of the city having thus fallen into the hands of mean and low-born persons. So that there wanted but a slight impetus to set all in motion, it being in the power of every daring man to overturn a sickly commonwealth.” MenMeanPersonsShowsWisdomHandsWantedSpiritPoliticsBornWealthCitiesEconomyDangerousBuildingOfficeAmbitionHighestLowsAccountsPropertyEntertainmentRichesFallenLiberalismRomeDaringDistributionInclinationCommonwealthImpetusDistribution Of WealthSumptuous Book:Greek and Roman Lives Source: Greek and Roman Lives
“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
“... Washington was not only an important capital. It was a city of fear. Below that glittering and delightful surface there is another story, that of underpaid Government clerks, men and women holding desperately to work that some political pull may at any moment take from them. A city of men in office and clutching that office, and a city of struggle which the country never suspects.” MenMayImportantCountryMomentsStoriesGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsFearCitiesStruggleOfficeMen And WomenSurfaceSuspectsDelightfulClerksUnderpaid Book:My Story Source: My Story
“I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion.” PoliticalPoliticsCitiesOccasionsSeatsGovernorsParliamentAntagonistDeputiesEvery Occasion Author:William E. Gladstone
“...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.” IfsStatesLawPoliticalPoliticsLostCitiesConstitutionFundamentalsGreekNecksProposalRevisionNooses Author:Aristotle