Mayors Quotes - Page 12

• Iceland is capitalist social democratic, rather like the Nordic countries generally. The capital had a mayor who is an anarchist, but the city has been nothing like that. In fact a few years ago it was super-neoliberal, which led to the crash.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Years, Iceland

  Source: thefifthcolumnnews.com

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• When I was covering baseball the Reds had a first baseman, Sean Casey. His nickname was "The Mayor" because he knew and connected with absolutely everyone. Incredibly lovely ... even invited Red writers to his wedding. And that never happens.

  Jeff Pearlman

  Baseball, Lovely, Nicknames

  Source: lombardiave.com

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• A woman has, first of all, her duties in their own home, and there are many women particularly when they're young, who can do an active job in their community like being a mayor, but who cannot go to Washington or Albany or wherever the capital of the state is. There are others who can, can leave home, whose children are older and so forth. I think it all is a personal decision.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Jobs, Children, Home

  Source: archives.nbclearn.com

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• It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has, and that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.

  Al Sharpton

  Believe, Mean, Hard Work

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• If we're going to talk about mayors, that under the current mayor [of New York in 2016], crime has continued to drop, including murders.

  Hillary Clinton

  New York, Murder, Crime

  Source: time.com

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• I am the only candidate for mayor of London with the experience of being a transport minister.

  Sadiq Khan

  London, Ministers, Transport

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• Five hundred murders is a lot of murders. It's hard to believe, 500 is like supposed to be good?But we went from 2,200 to 500. And it was continued on by Mayor Mike Bloomberg. And it was terminated by current mayor. But stop-and- frisk had a tremendous impact on the safety of New York City.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Believe, Impact

  "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. It brought the crime rate way down. But you take the gun away from criminals that shouldn't be having it.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Gun, Criminals

  Source: time.com

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• Now, whether or not in a place like Chicago you do stop and frisk, which worked very well, Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Chicago, Stop And Frisk

  "Stop-and-Frisk Works, But Only If It’s the Legal Version" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. September 27, 2016.

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• Diane Wilson asked, "Why aren't people upset? Why aren't people protesting?" The mayor and county commissioners told her to keep quiet, and everybody else was afraid to speak out against the companies, which included some of the country's biggest chemical companies. There were even attempts on her life. Family members abandoned her, and certainly none of the other shrimpers stood with her.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Country, Speaks Out, People

  Source: www.yesmagazine.org

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• An Icelandic mayor goes on an anti-elf rant which gets him in trouble.

  Peter Sagal

  Goes On, Trouble, Rant

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The point is [Donald] Trump goes way too far. He then demonizes Muslims - American Muslims. He wants to ban all Muslims from everywhere in the world, including the new mayor of London who has spoken about this from coming to our country.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, World, Want

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, talk show Rush Limbaugh claim - " don't you love that, they "claim." I'm not claiming anything. I'm saying. Anyway. " - that Black Lives Matter exacerbates tensions and sows racial divides." How can that even be debatable?

  Rush Limbaugh

  New York, Alaska, Black

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• This is a fundamental question, Mr. Mayor [ Rudy Giuliani ]. Is the president of the United States legitimate or not? Do you believe it? If you believe it, why doesn't your candidate state it.

  Chris Matthews

  Believe, President, United States

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Mayor de Blasio has legalized ferrets. Now you can legally own ferrets in New York City. I want to tell you something. If I want to see anymore beady-eyed little weasels, I'll just keep riding the subway.

  David Letterman

  New York, Cities, Riding

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• I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.

  Joe Biden

  Jobs, Real, Years

  "Joe Biden: If We Lose Election, It Could Be To ‘Barrage Of Super PAC Money’" by Jennifer Bendery, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• I apologize for the insensitivity of my remarks with respect to the mayor or his family, however I think it is important to note that this decision involves potential risk to innocent people.

  John Shadegg

  Thinking, People, Decision

  "Shadegg Apologizes For Saying NYC Mayor's Daughter Could Get Kidnapped" by Rachel Slajda, "Talking Points Memo" (TalkingPointsMemo.com), November 17, 2009.

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• When you're a mayor and you have a problem you blame the provincial government. If you are provincial government and you have a problem you blame the federal government. We don't blame the Queen any more, so once in a while we might blame the Americans.

  Jean Chretien

  Queens, Government, Might

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• Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Dream, New York, Fighting

  Michael Bloomberg's State of the City Address, www.gothamgazette.com. January 8, 2004.

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• Mayor de Blasio said that whenever he goes to a Yankee game he gets sick and tired of people booing and giving him the finger. Hey, what do you want? You're the mayor of New York City. It comes with the gig, pal.

  David Letterman

  New York, Tired, Yankees

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• I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism. I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.

  John McCain

  Strong, Jobs, Islamic

  The Republican Debate on Fox News Channel, www.nytimes.com. October 21, 2007.

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• We discussed all of this before Anthony decided to run for mayor, so really what I want to say is I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him, and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward.

  Huma Abedin

  Running, Believe, Moving

  "Gutfeld: High status men no longer held to high standards?". "The Five", www.foxnews.com. July 24, 2013.

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• New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been positioning himself to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Hillary once developed a program to deliver rural healthcare, while de Blasio once dropped a groundhog on its head.

  Jimmy Fallon

  New York, Challenges, Nominations

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• TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

  Jenny Holzer

  School, Years, Cities

  "Jenny Holzer’s Hilarious Mom Tweets", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• Mayor de Blasio wants to eliminate garbage. He believes New York City produces way too much garbage. Well, heck, forget about producing too much garbage. What about late-night talk shows?

  David Letterman

  New York, Believe, Night

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