Jane Byrne Quotes

Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city.

This is not a time for America to 'believe in magic.' This is a time to drive education forward. This is a time to drive the economy forward. This is a time to drive America forward. We must do it together. And we must re-elect Barack Obama as President of the United States.

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.

Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

I'm going to try my best to do everything I can for Detroit.

The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead.

If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.

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.

My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.

I think we have a good foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew laid down, but you have to move forward. Now the question is what can Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his team, and all our younger ministers can do now to build on the foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has built.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

Mr. Mayor. I've decided the best place for the '68 [Democratic] convention is Chicago! You are the one who can handle it!

It is the men who makes a city.

History was not written by men who predicted failure…

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

You damned fools. You can either vote for me for mayor or you can go to hell

I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.

Let's make Oakland a model city.