Rahm Emanuel Quotes
''Corruption is corruption -- it cannot be excused and it cannot be overlooked
Eight of the Chicago Mayor’s cabinet had been indicted for corruption. Chicago had historically “looked the other way” when there was corruption but this time Emanuel and the Mayor Richard M. Daley have taken a more strict approach.
Rahm Emanuel, U. S. Congressman (Democrat, IL), Presidential Assistant (Clinton), Speech, Chicago, August 29, 2005
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This is a common rejoinder of third world country leaders to accusations of Western democracies about corruption. And doubtless it is true. However temptation has never been a good defense of improper behavior.
Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician who served as the 55th mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 23rd White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Chicago between 2003 and 2009.