City council Quotes by Lori Lightfoot

Chicago is an incredibly great city, but it was clear to me that greatness wasn't being spread to all our neighborhoods.

— Lori Lightfoot

Chicago's been under the grip of the corrupt and broken political machine for as long as everybody's memory.

— Lori Lightfoot

Fundamentally, we need to make sure that our neighborhoods are safe - all of our neighborhoods.

— Lori Lightfoot

I am a lesbian. I am married to a woman. We have a child. We have a family.

— Lori Lightfoot

I've wanted to be a parent for a really long time, and I'm going to make sure I'm doing everything I can to be…

— Lori Lightfoot

Throughout college and law school, as well as in my career as a lawyer and police reform advocate, I've faced various toxic combinations of…

— Lori Lightfoot

I'm not affiliated with Ed Burke, Joe Berrios or anyone else who represents the old, corrupt Chicago way. I am offering voters a complete…

— Lori Lightfoot

And I would like to have a good, productive relationship with members of the City Council, but I'm not going to allow them to…

— Lori Lightfoot

We cannot create the perception that if you're rich or famous or both that you got one set of justice - and for everybody…

— Lori Lightfoot

There's significant movement as far to the left in our party as far as you can go, where people are trying to out-Bernie Bernie.

— Lori Lightfoot

We have to have a school board that's actually gonna be able to function and that has true parent representatives on it.

— Lori Lightfoot

I have a wealth of experience, not only as a senior executive in different departments in the city, but I've also, in my private…

— Lori Lightfoot