--- title: "7 Mayor Chicago Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Mayor Chicago quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Mayor Chicago sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/mark-shields-1572_behavior_democrats-have-got-to-start-winning-elec_2090136.png" --- > [ \[Democrats\] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. And Rahm Emanuel,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/democrats-have-got-to-start-winning-elections-that-involves-not-some/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/mark-shields-1572_behavior_democrats-have-got-to-start-winning-elec_2090136.png) > [Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-byrne/be-assured-that-i-did-not-become-the-mayor-of-chicago-to-preside-over/) [Jane Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/jane-byrne-17759_aggravation_be-assured-that-i-did-not-become-the-may_2401599.jpg) > [Congratulation s to Rahm Emanuel on being elected mayor of Chicago. His first order of business after taking office will be to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/congratulation-s-to-rahm-emanuel-on-being-elected-mayor-of-chicago/) [Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/jay-leno-210_business_congratulation-s-to-rahm-emanuel-on-bein_2428207.png) > [Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-daley/everybody-would-love-to-be-mayor-of-chicago-if-you-look-at-what-we/) [Richard M. Daley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-daley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/richard-m-daley-18550_business_everybody-would-love-to-be-mayor-of-chic_2534410.png) > [I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-zorn/i-think-it-s-weird-that-people-think-someone-who-s-not-a-politician/) [Eric Zorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-zorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/eric-zorn-41605_chicago_i-think-it-s-weird-that-people-think-som_2650190.png) > [I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-washington/i-have-been-urged-by-the-earnest-pleas-of-thousands-of-people-to/) [Harold Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/harold-washington-32200_candidacy_i-have-been-urged-by-the-earnest-pleas-o_2999838.jpg) > [Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ike-barinholtz/right-away-when-i-got-to-college-i-realized-that-being-a-politician/) [Ike Barinholtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ike-barinholtz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/ike-barinholtz-19645_always_right-away-when-i-got-to-college-i-reali_3121987.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mayor-chicago/#itemlist", "name": "Mayor Chicago Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Democrats] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. 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