Richard M. Daley Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.”

“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 it's a different time and a different generation.”

“There has been loss of steel manufacturing. Those people need jobs. Where you have to build the third airport is where people are. So you're right; if his site isn't playable, then our site is right next to it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back.”

“People have to be confident about their sites. We're confident, number one, because under my administration we're managing our airports better than we've ever done before.”

“And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time.”

“You go out there and ask them what their future is today. If we don't build that today, there's nothing.”

“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.' That's one of the problems that directly affects the business community.”