Michael Nutter Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn't. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn't. You either filled a pothole or you didn't. That's what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done.”

“The computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what's going around you.”

“Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.”

“We need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up.”

“I believe that people, regardless of their station in life, should be able to sit down at a table to a meal - inside away from the heat and cold, the rain and the snow.”

“I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.”

“Philly is a place where people love change as long as things stay the same for them.”

“We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.”

“In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can't grow the middle class if we don't give our kids the tools they need to innovate and invent.”

“A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.”