Richard M. Daley Quotes

• You have nothing coming into a major metropolitan area to relocate or locate your business and employees. And you can go across the country and you’ll see that.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Locate

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

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Future

  Tags in Build

• Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Money, Uncategorized

  Tags in Government

• Well, the problem of the federal government is that they print money and go in debt. That’s their national policy, Democrats and Republicans it doesn’t matter. And this is where I differ.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problem, Policy, Government

• We’re competing against other great cities: Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. That’s why it’s important that we all join together on the final path to Copenhagen. Having the support of President Obama is key.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Against, Support

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Internationally, Sign

• We also need people like social workers, volunteers, the Christian Industrial League, drug treatment programs to make sure you are getting them a job. That’s what you have to do. Otherwise, we just keep stepping around these things.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Job

  Tags in People

• They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Men, Depression

• 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.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Right, Need, Next

• The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don’t make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Young, Training

• That’s an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they don’t see that, and you don’t get these things done, then you’re competing with Texas and California and Atlanta; then you really have problems.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Done, Problems, Economic

• That area environmentally is a waste. You can’t do anything. I don’t care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You’re not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Care, Anything, Put

• 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.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Why, Else, Keep

• 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.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Better, Done, Ever

• My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That’s what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Father

  Tags in Depression, Person

• It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problems, Chicago, Indiana

• In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what’s behind my decision. It’s simple. I have always believed that every person, especially public officials, must understand when it is time to move on. For me, that time is now.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Simple, Must, Person

• 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.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Heart, Back, Give

• I’ve reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Around, Congress

• I’m the one who gets called up about a problem. I’m the one who gets called up about the street lighting and the abandoned car. I’m the one who gets blamed if the police don’t arrive. I’m the one they blame if a city truck is broken down.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Down, Blame, Problem

Richard M. Daley (31)

Birth:	24th April, 1942
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Richard Michael Daley, sometimes known as "Richie" Daley, is a former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. At 22 years, he was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his father, Richard J. Daley.Prior to serving as mayor, Daley served in the Illinois Senate and then as the Cook County State's Attorney.

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