Mayor Quotes

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.

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

We took an approach, supported by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Mayor for London, that we had very real fears of violence and damage being caused across the streets of London.

As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress.

I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.

But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.

I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.

Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

As I climbed the electoral ladder - from state assemblyman to mayor of Woodbridge and finally to governor of New Jersey - political compromises came easy to me because I'd learned how to keep a part of myself innocent of them.