Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. – John W. Gardner

In the end, poverty, putridity and pestilence; work, wealth and worry; health, happiness and hell, all simmer down into village problems. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many. – Lady Bird Johnson

The community of living is the carriage of the Lord. – Proverb