Josiah Strong

Not only does the proportion of the poor increase with the growth of the city, but their condition becomes more wretched.

The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center.

There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence to destroy spiritual life and power.

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.

There's always a common attraction to universal needs of love and a feeling of worthiness.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.