And not for our society, which needs creative, adaptable, resilient citizens".
A tremendous outpouring of international aid brought vital funds and expertise to restoration efforts, and the resilient citizens worked together to reopen Florence for business.
The challenges posed by these accelerations, and what will be required to produce resilient citizens and communities, are forcing a politics that is much more of a hybrid of left and right.
Soon after leaving the airport, I witnessed resilient citizens sheltering under tents because their homes are destroyed or structurally unstable endure a fierce rainstorm with sheets of hail, causing some streets to flood and emphasizing the risk for spread of infectious disease, such as cholera, in the aftermath of the earthquake.
He's among the bravest who are willing to show a hurricane, "Don't mess with Texas!" Soon enough, he'll return to his day job selling homes to the resilient citizens of Houston.
This type of city-scale event underscores that resilient citizens are the very first and most important link in building a resilient society.
Jess and I talked constantly as she also showed me around the country, introducing me to its natural beauty, its vibrant culture, and its hospitable and resilient citizens.
As for the Afghan people, even the most resilient citizens of Kabul who, like Obama, remain hopeful, say: "This is our big problem".
Two centuries on, that democracy has proved remarkably enduring, stable and resilient; and citizens have not had to take up arms against arbitrary authority to preserve it.
The emergence of mass terrorism may threaten the "tranquillity" of democracies, Freedom House said, but democratic governments and free-market systems were likely to prove resilient because citizens have "a sense of ownership".
