Quotes by Community States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities. Corrine Brown safetycommunitypeople The War on Drugs is a war on people, but particularly it's been a war on low-income people and a war on minorities. We know in the United States of America there is no difference in drug use between black, white and Latinos. But if you're Latino in the United States of America, you're about twice as likely to be arrested for drug use than if you're white. If you're black, you are about four times as likely to be arrested if you're African American than if you are white. This drug war has done so much to destroy, undermine, sabotage families, communities, neighborhoods, cities. Cory Booker communitywarpeople We started America with the sin of slavery that led right into the post-reconstruction period which was the greatest period of domestic terrorism in our country's history. Then after that, we had Jim Crow emerge and just when the Jim Crow laws were ending came the onslaught of the drug war. Well, the drug war has so perniciously effected, insidiously infected communities of color that in some ways it has come full circle, and we now have more African Americans under criminal supervision than all of the slaves in 1865. This is a profoundly unjust war. Cory Booker drugcommunitywar We need to be acting responsible as adults, and I don't endorse in any way the irresponsible use of marijuana. But I do believe we have come to a point in our society where we need to end prohibition. We need to have taxed, regulated marijuana within American communities. Cory Booker marijuanacommunitybelieve As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements. Cory Booker progressivemovementcommunity For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining the faith community in person. Surely, the church experience is about more than a message. We are always better off together than flying solo. Godcasting is a supplement, not a substitute for weekly worship. Craig Detweiler flyingcommunitypeople I think that everything looks a little scarier at night, when the sun goes down. And I know I kind of want a sense of reassurance or a community. Late-night shows is a rare place because that's what we do. Increasingly, I felt like I didn't want to be that guy. I didn't want to do that. It wasn't the only reason that I stopped doing it, but it was a consideration - I didn't know how to process tragedy after tragedy and then ... it just got too much, I think. Craig Ferguson communitynightthinking I think making the songs is to put strength in the community in some way. Craig Finn communitysongthinking The Pew Biomedical Scholars are a synergistic community whose connections are reinforced over the years. Craig Mello connectionscommunityyears We encourage others to find a local Earth raper and make them pay for the damages they are inflicting on our communities... Furriers, meat packers, bosses, developers, rich industry leaders are all Earth rapers . We must inflict economic sabotage on all Earth rapers. Craig Rosebraugh communityleaderanimal We are thrilled to work with Fun and share the same sentiment that we want do some really exciting and innovative things for the magic community. Criss Angel magiccommunityfun I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.' Cristela Alonzo communitydifferenttrying An authentic response to who God is and what He's done...What we do is useful to the extent that it provides an ability for our community to voice things back to God. If it's unsuccessful in that, then it's just self-indulgence. Crowder voicecommunityself The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community. Curt Sachs communitydancingdance I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering. Cynthia Nixon gaycommunitybelieve Men are free when they belong to a living, organic, believing community, active in fulfilling some unfulfilled, perhaps unrealized purpose. D. H. Lawrence communitymenbelieve Grammar, he saw, was agreement, community, consensus. D. T. Max sawscommunityagreement One of the issues I think is very important, in many communities of color, there's a stigma about mental health. We find that the shaming that comes from acknowledging that one may have some issues that may relate to mental health, often people are not willing to go and seek additional help because of that shaming or that cultural stigma that's associated with it. And I think that we need to make this change in how people approach mental health. Daayiee Abdullah communitypeoplethinking When people tell stories that unite the community or the organization that they work for and illustrate the principles of that organization, those people rise in the social standing in that group. They rise in power. Dacher Keltner communitypeople I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first. 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