Josiah Strong

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

There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken.

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

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.

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.