Aja Brown Quotes

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

Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.

Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.

It is the men who makes a city.

what I love about city government is that the citizens can create whatever kind of city they're willing to build.

Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.

Cities are not static objects to be feared or admired, but are instead a living process that residents are changing all the time.

From 1966 to 1970 I served as Chairman of the New Haven City Plan Commission.

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

There is no greater feeling in business than building a product which impacts people's lives in a profound way. When we look around at the thousands of people who have attended Summit gatherings, it makes us smile to see the new friendships, business partnerships and philanthropic initiatives that each event produces.

Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, it's not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs.

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

I care about making New York better.

It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really get cities to be a great, great place to live.

Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.

I was elected to carry forward my overall vision for the city.

Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations... In democratic countries knowledge of how to combine is the mother of all other forms of knowledge; on its progress depends that of all the others.

Governing is about making tough decisions, but it's also about figuring out a better way to do things.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

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

There are a lot of rules in cities that were designed to protect a particular incumbent, but not to move a city's constituents, a city's citizens, and the city itself, forward. And that's a problem.

I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many incredible things happening - but also so many challenges and opportunities - as really being kind of the chief advocate for the people.

Mayors in any city are pretty non-partisan people where it's problem solvers.

As mayor, I'm charged with a big-picture agenda.