Richard M. Daley Professions : Former Mayor of Chicago Born : April 24, 1942 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Richard M. Daley If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities. Richard M. Daley library cutting community 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 airports travel needs The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents. Richard M. Daley homicide havoc killing 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 phases family done 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 agency business country 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 government states cities 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 phones community business I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway. Richard M. Daley collars former fighting 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 great fitness people art 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. Richard M. Daley better look time people And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time. Richard M. Daley first first-time time history 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. Richard M. Daley problems serious country people 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 problems child government believe 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. Richard M. Daley you creativity government people 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. Richard M. Daley problems look serious people 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 city look government people 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 city car police broken It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. Richard M. Daley problems because unemployment chicago 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 depression life father people 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 confident better done people Similar Authors Anton Cermak former-mayor-of-chicago Harold Washington former-mayor-of-chicago Jane Byrne former-mayor-of-chicago William B. Ogden former-mayor-of-chicago Richard J. Daley former-mayor-of-chicago All Authors
