Mayors Quotes - Page 2

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

Harold Washington

Want

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I’m happily married. I’ve got more than enough to eat at home.

Rob Ford

Love, Happy, Marriage

"Rob Ford: 'Enough To Eat' Comment Met With Disgust". www.huffingtonpost.ca. November 14, 2013.

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As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options

Gavin Newsom

Beautiful, Hard Work, San Francisco

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That's what I love about being mayor. Even if the problem is getting the cat out of the tree - from that to the biggest problem, you're in charge. No ambiguity. Leaders lead.

Shirley Franklin

Cat, Tree, Leader

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I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

Rahm Emanuel

Running, Cities, House

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I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

Sarah Palin

Responsibility, Community, Towns

Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in residential homes wander free.

Jane Birkin

Home, Elderly, Cities

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As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

Elton Gallegly

Government, Land, Decision

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You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

Lillie Langtry

Believe, Population, Towns

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We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

Robert Burton

Years, Scholar, Officers

Robert Burton, William H. Gass (2001). “The Anatomy of Melancholy”, NYRB Classics

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There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

Trevor Phillips

Running, Real, Ambition

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Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the Skateboard Park,' or 'Stein is a pompous, rotund attorney, imposing to all.' It would be so freeing to get a script where my character is simply described as 'A Man.'

Fred Melamed

Character, Kids, Men

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

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For the fifth year in a row, the Bush budget cuts city core services to pay for wealthy tax breaks. And once again, the mayor's requests were not funded.

Anthony Weiner

Cutting, Years, Cities

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Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

Jay Leno

Basketball, Running, Player

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As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.

Frank Hague

Cities, Long, Secure

Speech to the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce (12 January 1938), as quoted in "The Last Three Miles : Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway" by Steven Hart, (p. 137), 2007.

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While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.

Rahm Emanuel

Running, Dedication, Cities

"Rahm Emanuel may leave Obama administration to run for mayor of Chicago" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2010.

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I'd work to make it hip again to spend time in our fabled and fabulous land. But with a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother, I would probably be better suited as mayor of New York.

Geraldo Rivera

Mother, New York, Father

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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

Iris Chang

San Francisco, Chinese, Special

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If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.

Ron Dellums

Running, Giving, Ifs

"Dellums is behaving exactly as he said he would when campaigning" by John Wildermuth, www.sfgate.com. January 6, 2008.

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I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

Jack L. Chalker

Kentucky, Louisiana, Honorary

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So the mayor of New Orleans would have used his own buses had the people had been white?

Sean Hannity

New Orleans, White, People

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Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.

Dalai Lama

Reality, Should Have, Elephants

"Dalai Lama Laughs Off China's Criticism". News conference in Vancouver, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 08, 2006.

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You have a mayor who hates guns. If it was up to me, we wouldn’t have any handguns in the District of Columbia. I swear to protect the Constitution and what the courts say, but I will do it in the most restrictive way as possible.

Muriel Bowser

Hate, Gun, Way

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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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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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