Richard M. Daley Quotes

• I’m one who demands a lot from people. I’m not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That’s what I’ve done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.

  Richard M. Daley

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• 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.

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  Tags in Down, Look, Serious

• I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There’s 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.

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

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• I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it’s a metropolitan area. I’ve said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it’s the state’s problem. It’s also the federal government’s problem.

  Richard M. Daley

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  Tags in Believe, Government

• 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.

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  Tags in Crisis, Real

• Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community – all this coming together – this is a wonderful city.

  Richard M. Daley

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  Tags in Today, Done, Over

• And then for the first time in history a Cook County state’s attorney was reelected for a third time.

  Richard M. Daley

  Topics in History, Uncategorized

  Tags in State, Third

• 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.

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  Tags in Better, Political, Different

• Alcohol and drug addiction are problems, and we should use outside agencies that know the business. They do business all over the country. Why don’t we contract them to do it? See, we should be in certain businesses.

  Richard M. Daley

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  Tags in Over, Why

• I’ve given it my all. I’ve done my best. Now, I’m ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

  Richard M. Daley

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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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