Mark Steyn Quotes

The great society.

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

If we can have a surge in Bagdad, why can’t we have a surge here at home.

Politicos talk a big game about bringing jobs to devastated cities like Detroit, but rarely succeed.

We will have a peace dividend to spend on rebuilding America, beginning with our American inner cities. We're going to rebuild them, for once and for all.

I'll be a president that will turn our inner cities around and will give strength to people and will give economics to people and will bring jobs back.

Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.

People think that Detroit is this barren wasteland. While there are parts that are not as nice as others, the misconception is not true. It is definitely not a thriving community in Detroit, but it is getting there. There is a lot of heart and love in this city.

The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.

If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilities, and skills training and mentoring, we will all pay more in the long run.

But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.

This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips.

We need a force that recognizes that only through development and liberty, through education and health care, through better priorities and wiser investments, can we achieve the stability we seek.

My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.

I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.

I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

I think Detroit is already providing a model for change in the world. I think that Detroit - I mean, people come from all over the world come to see what we're doing. People are looking for a new way of living.

A ghetto can be improved in only one way; out of existence.