Mayors Quotes - Page 3

• 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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• Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers, not writers. Do powder puff, not probing interviews. Stay away from controversial subjects. Kiss ass, move with the mass, and for heaven and rating's sake, don't make anybody mad- - certainly not anybody you're covering, and especially not the mayor, the governor, the senator, the president or the vice-president or anybody in a position of power. Make nice, not news.

  Dan Rather

  Nice, Moving, Kissing

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• While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Government, Justice, Champion

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Civil Disobedience and Other Essays”, p.28, Courier Corporation

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• I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'

  Sarah Palin

  Want, Court, Tell Me I Can T

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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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• The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.

  Sal Albanese

  New York, Party, Independent

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• I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Yankees, Cities

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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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts?

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Years, Cities, Two

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the conference of mayors, mayors against guns. We have medical experts, we have virtually dozens of religious organizations of every creed supporting us. We have just lists and lists.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Religious, Gun, Thinking

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• The NYPD with the unconditional support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg has stopped-and-frisked more black men than there are black men in New York City. Institutionalized racial discrimination in the United States is alive and well.

  Chris Hayes

  New York, Men, Cities

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• Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and Arabia to the Etruscans, she leads the reader on a breathtaking quest for the real ancient warrior women reflected in myths--their daring, archery, tattoos, fine horses, and independence from male control. The book's rich erudition, communicated in sparkling prose and beautiful illustrations, makes it a riveting read.

  Edith Hall

  Tattoo, Beautiful, Horse

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• Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and as far afield as the Great Wall of China. With the restless curiosity and meticulous scholarship that have become her hallmark, the author once again has found a gap in my bookshelf and filled it, admirably.

  Steven Saylor

  Wall, Past, Reality

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• Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.

  Charles Evers

  Hands, Cotton, Picks

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• I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.

  Emir Kusturica

  Cities, People, Democracy

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

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• I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.

  Marion Barry

  Christian, Education, Humble

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• I'm very happy that John Tory won. We need a mayor of Toronto that will work with the municipalities of the Greater Toronto Area. We are the economic engine of Canada and we're not operating on all cylinders by any means.

  Hazel McCallion

  Mean, Needs, Toronto

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• The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silenced for so long by the rigidity of traditional scholarship, is as exciting and surprising as a bestselling murder mystery; I simply couldn't put it down. Through scholarly brilliance and passion, Adrienne Mayor has opened the door to a forgotten world of gender equality, and her book ought to be required reading in every college history course.

  Anne Fortier

  Book, Reading, Passion

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