Lori Lightfoot Quotes

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

I think a lot of things could be handled locally.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

The more responsibility you can move toward local government, the better of you're going to be … City governments do better than their State governments in terms of accountability.

We in North Carolina are people who pay for our mistakes and … we do not tolerate bureaucracies that trample basic human rights.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community ... must speak in the tone of that community, not as somebody else's buffer zone.

I've been impressed with Rick Guzman and his commitment to the residents of Aurora since I first met him many years ago.

There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.

I think the answer to civil disorder in America, the answer to police problems in America, the answer to jail overcrowding and all the problems that we see is - the one answer is that government must go back to its people.

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

I have my own vision to lead the Seoul City, but whether or not I can display it totally depends on the citizens.

I've learned what Tip O'Neill meant when he said all politics is local. We need more people in Congress who have this experience, who have this boots-on-the-ground experience.

As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I have a duty to speak truth to power and do what is best for our City and its residents.

Be aware and hold the government accountable.

Local politics is just as important as national - and often easier to influence.

Incredibly, a typical town hall official spends 85% of their time satisfying ministers in Whitehall and a puny 15% of the day for local residents. We believe that this relationship is upside down.

I'm a big fan of public trust.

The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.

I believe a politics of place emerges where we are deeply accountable to our communities, to our neighborhoods, to our home.

Good governance depends on ability to take responsibility by both administration as well as people.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

People elect me to make sure the chief of police is the right chief of police. They elect me to make sure I have the right person running the airport.

Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.

We were sent here to hold government accountable.