John Hickenlooper Quotes

Dick Grasso would be a superb mayor of the City of New York. He loves the city.

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.

The government of the cities is the one conspicuous failure of the United States.

As mayor I don't intend to be just a voice for Portland. I intend to be a voice for urban America.

A city is in many respects a great business corporation, but in other respects it is enlarged housekeeping. ... may we not say that city housekeeping has failed partly because women, the traditional housekeepers, have not been consulted as to its multiform activities?

As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed.

As our cities have developed, they've built sometimes small villages or communities that were in place. And we've taken for granted all of that child care, the neighbourliness, the help that you get from people nearby.

I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.

My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.

Mayors are judged by results.

That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.

Having been a mayor, we prioritized based on where we want our city and our country to go.

Being the mayor of the third largest city in the country, that's humbling, but it also gives me incredible hope.

Our communities are strong because local leaders and active citizens listen and learn from the people they serve.

We believe open data helps citizens have a better understanding about Seoul's policies and motivates them to join the city government's efforts.

Cities are those laboratories of democracy that states used to be.

If you want to govern the nation, you should first be able to govern San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.

As Mayor, I have a responsibility to ensure city government is making life better for all Angelenos, especially those whose past hard work laid the foundation for the city we enjoy today. Whether someone is born here, or comes here for college, career, or retirement, I want L.A. to be a place that welcomes all generations.

I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city choose not to do that?

I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty.

I was director of governmental affairs at the Cleveland school district. I served in the administration of Mayor Michael R. White.

The one thing politicians will always vote for is more politics, so in 2000 they invented the post of mayor of London without ever really thinking what it was a mayor would do.

Active citizenship doesn't just mean running for office or going into politics; it means starting organisations that promote change or solve a problem, pursuing social good with economic success.