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It takes far greater ability to subvert liberty now than ever before since man’s history began, and so I promise permanence to democratic institutions.

— Daniel Burnham The Development of Cities of the Future (1910)

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Where a town lies near water, keep all the shore for the people.

The Development of Cities of the Future (1910)

Broadly speaking, the city of the future will not bring to its center any goods not intended for use or consumption therein.

The Development of Cities of the Future (1910)

Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

The Development of Cities of the Future (1910)

Pessimists abound and have always abounded. To them most of the big and splended things are chimerical.

The Development of Cities of the Future (1910)

We do things that would make our forbears think us magicians.

The Development of Cities of the Future (1910)

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