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Richard M Daley Quotes
Alcohol and drug addiction are problems, and we should use outside agencies that know the business. They do business all over the country. Why dont we contract them to do it? See, we should be in certain businesses. - Richard M Daley Quotes
And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates philosophy, and I think its a different time and a different generation. - Richard M Daley Quotes
And then for the first time in history a Cook County states attorney was reelected for a third time. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Chicago is not separate or independent from the state of Illinois. We have major corporations here. Look at our business community. - Richard M Daley Quotes
First National Bank laid off 1,000 people; where do they go? There are no jobs for them. So we are having serious economic problems in this country. We are in a real economic crisis. - Richard M Daley Quotes
I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that its a metropolitan area. Ive said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, its the states problem. Its also the federal governments problem. - Richard M Daley Quotes
I dont fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; theyre former Chicagoans anyway. - Richard M Daley Quotes
I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. Theres where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge. - Richard M Daley Quotes
I just enjoyed it, but I knew at the time that eventually I would make the decision whether I was going to be staying in public office or leaving it. - Richard M Daley Quotes
I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago. It affects the middle class. It pushes people down. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Im one who demands a lot from people. Im not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. Thats what Ive done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Im the one who gets called up about a problem. Im the one who gets called up about the street lighting and the abandoned car. Im the one who gets blamed if the police dont arrive. Im the one they blame if a city truck is broken down. - Richard M Daley Quotes
It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Lets see, in the last 11 years I ran twice in 80, once in 83, twice in 84, twice in 88, twice in 89 and twice in 91. Eleven times. - Richard M Daley Quotes
My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. Thats what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Once I won states attorney, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Then I ran for mayor, and I lost, but I got lucky the second time, of course. - Richard M Daley Quotes
People have to be confident about their sites. Were confident, number one, because under my administration were managing our airports better than weve ever done before. - Richard M Daley Quotes
People talked about my political skills. Remember, they said I could not speak and write and walk and all these things they were saying about me. - Richard M Daley Quotes
So that for the year 2000, the third airport is the whole key to the future of the metropolitan area. Otherwise, theres no growth. - Richard M Daley Quotes
So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones. Thats one of the problems that directly affects the business community. - Richard M Daley Quotes
That area environmentally is a waste. You cant do anything. I dont care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! Youre not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Thats an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they dont see that, and you dont get these things done, then youre competing with Texas and California and Atlanta; then you really have problems. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Thats what I want as managers and people around me in government, and thats what I think Im trying to provide. Thats what Im trying to do. - Richard M Daley Quotes
The city needs the state; the state needs the city. Look at the downtown hub and what it means to the economy for not only the city of Chicago. - Richard M Daley Quotes
There has been loss of steel manufacturing. Those people need jobs. Where you have to build the third airport is where people are. So youre right; if his site isnt playable, then our site is right next to it. - Richard M Daley Quotes
They knew that Roosevelt and the Democratic party made a difference on them, on their quality of life issues, and they believed in that. But today it is completely different. - Richard M Daley Quotes
They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war. - Richard M Daley Quotes
We also need people like social workers, volunteers, the Christian Industrial League, drug treatment programs to make sure you are getting them a job. Thats what you have to do. Otherwise, we just keep stepping around these things. - Richard M Daley Quotes
We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses. - Richard M Daley Quotes
Well, the problem of the federal government is that they print money and go in debt. Thats their national policy, Democrats and Republicans it doesnt matter. And this is where I differ. - Richard M Daley Quotes
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