We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.
We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.
A great American city is fighting for its life.
In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City.
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
We haven't had an agenda for American cities probably since at least Jimmy Carter. We have left cities to fend for themselves.
The city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens and integrates its citizens.
Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.
Cities are made for enemies to destroy.
We could raise prodigious cities and create nations, and explore the universe.