Top Mayor Quotes
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
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
Harold Washington
Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.
Charles Churchill
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
David Dinkins
I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city.
Henry Cisneros
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As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
Gavin Newsom 
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The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.
John Hickenlooper
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If Ted Williams just tip his cap once he could be elected Mayor of Boston in five minutes.
Eddie Collins
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
Laura Miller
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A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
John Hickenlooper
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As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle?
Anthony A. Williams
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I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.
Sarah Palin
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When I thought about the calibre of people in the room I realized we might just have a credible candidate for Mayor who will would finally enforce the laws of the city. It was almost too good to be true.
Herbert Baker
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As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.
Elton Gallegly
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If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.
Ron Dellums
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