Mayors Quotes

• Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

  David Wilkerson

  Change, Judging, Wicked

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• You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

  Ed Koch

  Respect, Believe, Self

  "Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88". www.usatoday.com. February 1, 2013.

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• This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.

  Marc Morial

  Confidence, Recovery, People

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• When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Burden, Heavy, Presidency

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.373, Best Books on

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• The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

  Thomas Menino

  Opportunity, Privilege, Neighbor

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• May we help more than we hurt, may we seek to understand more than be understood and may we love more than we judge.

  Cory Booker

  Love, Inspirational, Hurt

  FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Jan 12, 2016

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• You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

  Dick Murphy

  Impact, Important, States

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• A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.

  John Hickenlooper

  Cities, Citizens, Faces

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

  Maxine Waters

  Cities, Resources, Congress

  "Los Angeles Times Interview : Maxine Waters : Veteran Legislator Makes People Angry-but She's Never Ignored". Interview with Robert Scheer, articles.latimes.com. May 16, 1993.

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• Mayors are judged by results.

  Willie Brown

  Results, Judged

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• If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

  Robert Moses

  Idols, Musical, Administration

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• As a mayor, I don't make my decisions based upon whether it is a "Democrat" issue. You make your decisions based upon the people you represent as a city to move our city forward.

  Marty Walsh

  Moving, Cities, Issues

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected

  Gavin Newsom

  Hard Work, Men, San Francisco

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• I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.

  Marion Barry

  Should Have, Done, Back When

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• An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.

  Enrique Penalosa

  Cities, Car, Use

  "Why buses represent democracy in action". TED Talk, www.ted.com. September 2013.

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• I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

  Anthony A. Williams

  World, Lines, May

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• I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.

  Alan Autry

  Roles, Leadership Roles, Convinced

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.

  Jane Byrne

  Cities, Chicago, Citizens

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• I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.

  Jane Byrne

  Cities, People, Chicago

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• In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.

  Conan O'Brien

  Change, New York, Names

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• I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.

  Ken Livingstone

  Office, Judgement, London

  "Livingstone sworn in as London mayor" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2000.

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

  Jane Byrne

  Aggravation, Chicago, Decline

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• Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.

  Anthony Weiner

  Education, Cities, Three

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• I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

  Harold H. Greene

  Fun, Cities, Political

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• I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.

  William Petersen

  Growing Up, Years, President

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