“When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.” WellsStatesHelpingPastSpiritCommunityFireAliveResponseGenerosityFallenRoughCompassionateProvenRough TimesEagernessTexanCommunity Spirit Author:Randy Neugebauer
“In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state; and in no way has this loss of power been so often and so clearly shown as in the tendency to turn the government into a government primarily for the benefit of one class instead of a government for the benefit of the people as a whole.” PeopleWayStatesWholeGovernmentTurnsLostPresidentLossClassGreaterMankindCitizensBenefitsTendenciesFallenRepublicGoverningRisenHis Loss Book:Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904 Source: Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904
“We are all proprietary toward cities we love. 'Ah, you should have seen her when I loved her!' we say, reciting glories since faded or defiled, trusting her to no one else; that others should know and love her in her present fallen state (for she must fall without our vigilant love) is a species of betrayal.” KnowsShouldStatesFallLove IsCitiesGloryShould HaveAnd LoveSpeciesBetrayalFallenFadedVigilantReciting Book:Italian Days Source: Italian Days