I Want To Live in a City Where No One Is Sent to War,
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I Want To Live in a City Where,
2006, The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London UK. Photographed by Bobby Willis, 6 July 2006. The complete text reads:
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE SECURITY IS NOT CONFUSED WITH LIBERTY.
I WANT TO TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE NO ONE HAS TO BE AFRAID OF STANDING OUT.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE IMMIGRATION IS SEEN AS A NEW SOURCE OF STRENGTH.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE GENTLENESS IS NEVER MISTAKEN FOR WEAKNESS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE EVERYONE'S ODDITY FINDS HAPPY EXPRESSION.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE A LOUD VOICE IS NEVER MISTAKEN FOR CHARISMA.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE INTELLIGENCE IS DUTY BOUND TO DISOBEY FOOLISHNESS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THOUGHT OUT-RANKS TALK.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY COMMAND RESPECT.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE HALF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE WOMEN.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE CONTROL IS NOT MISTAKEN FOR STRENGTH.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE FAITH AND NON-BELIEF ARE RESPECTED EQUALLY.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE HAPPINESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHOPPING.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE IDENTITY CARDS ARE NOT COMPULSORY.
I WANT TO TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THE WATER MAINS ARE WATERTIGHT.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THE RIGH HAVE TO OBEY THE LAW AS MUCH AS THE POOR.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE NO ONE IS SENT TO WAR.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE FEAR HAS NO PLACE AND NO POWER.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE NO ONE CAN BE HELD WITHOUT TRIAL.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THERE ARE NO SECRET PAPERS OR SECRET SERVICES.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS NO PART IN TORTURE.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE RULES HAVE TO LIVE BY THEM.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE VIOLENCE NEVER WORKS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE CORRUPTION LEADS TO IMPRISONMENT NOT PAY RISES.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED NOT TAUGHT TO PASS TESTS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE MEN ARE RENDERED HARMLESS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THE MAYOR CAN'T BE SUSPENDED BY A QUANGO.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE DISSENT IS WELCOMED AS MUCH AS IT'S DISLIKED.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE LEAST GOVERNMENT IS THOUGHT BEST.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE ART IS FOR EVERYONE.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE GOD IS PRESENT IN ALL HER FORMS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE CONSCIENCE IS THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IS INALIENABLE.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THE ADVICE OF THE ELDERLY IS ASKED FOR AND ACTED ON.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE MOTHERS ARE REGARDED AS HEROES.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE BUSINESS IS THE MEANS NOT THE END.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE ALL OUR LIVES ARE PROPERLY REGARDED AS PRICELESS.