--- title: "10 Municipal Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Municipal quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Municipal sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/meredith-whitney-38857_about_there-are-great-municipal-investments-ou_2896009.jpg" --- > [There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about knowing what cash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-whitney/there-are-great-municipal-investments-out-there-but-on-a-blanket/) [Meredith Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-whitney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/meredith-whitney-38857_about_there-are-great-municipal-investments-ou_2896009.jpg) > [Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-whitney/municipal-debt-outstanding-doubled-in-the-past-10-years-and-in-the/) [Meredith Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-whitney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/meredith-whitney-38857_been_municipal-debt-outstanding-doubled-in-th_403899.jpg) > [There's not a doubt in my mind that you will see a spate of municipal-bond defaults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-whitney/there-s-not-a-doubt-in-my-mind-that-you-will-see-a-spate-of-municipal/) [Meredith Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-whitney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/meredith-whitney-38857_doubt_there-s-not-a-doubt-in-my-mind-that-you_978349.jpg) > [Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/municipal-laws-are-a-supply-to-the-wisdom-of-each-individual-and-at/) [David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/david-hume-538_individual_municipal-laws-are-a-supply-to-the-wisdo_1132421.jpg) > [In Rio we built a Center of Operations, a situation room that gathers information from municipal departments and allows us to manage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-paes/in-rio-we-built-a-center-of-operations-a-situation-room-that-gathers/) [Eduardo Paes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-paes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/eduardo-paes-21065_built_in-rio-we-built-a-center-of-operations-a_1943464.png) > [When I was brought up in Sweden, there was a great opportunity for young people to learn how to act in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-von-sydow/when-i-was-brought-up-in-sweden-there-was-a-great-opportunity-for/) [Max von Sydow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-von-sydow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/max-von-sydow-7808_act_when-i-was-brought-up-in-sweden-there-wa_843678.jpg) > [Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-fields/lebanon-is-restless-syria-got-its-walking-papers-egypt-is-scheduling/) [Suzanne Fields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-fields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/suzanne-fields-18184_allowed_lebanon-is-restless-syria-got-its-walkin_2626790.jpg) > [In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that minority set-aside programs in municipal contracts were unconstitutional. The court wondered if there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-decrow/in-1989-the-u-s-supreme-court-ruled-that-minority-set-aside-programs/) [Karen DeCrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-decrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/karen-decrow-12907_color_in-1989-the-u-s-supreme-court-ruled-that_2262518.jpg) > [In the United States, under 3 percent of municipal food waste - so that's the food scraps that goes into people's garbage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tristram-stuart/in-the-united-states-under-3-percent-of-municipal-food-waste-so-that/) [Tristram Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tristram-stuart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/tristram-stuart-17434_about_in-the-united-states-under-3-percent-of_124991.jpg) > [As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/as-it-happens-chicago-is-the-nation-s-leader-in-municipal/) [Thomas Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/thomas-frank-4078_back_as-it-happens-chicago-is-the-nation-s-le_483790.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/municipal/#itemlist", "name": "Municipal Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about knowing what cash flows are supporting your investments.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meredith Whitney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-whitney/there-are-great-municipal-investments-out-there-but-on-a-blanket/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/meredith-whitney-38857_about_there-are-great-municipal-investments-ou_2896009.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/meredith-whitney-38857_about_there-are-great-municipal-investments-ou_2896009.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/meredith-whitney-38857_about_there-are-great-municipal-investments-ou_2896009.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about…” — Meredith Whitney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. 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That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel of the power-grabbing, government-growing left has been selling itself off in pieces for years. It signed a 99-year lease for the Chicago Skyway, a toll road in the city's South Side, back in 2005.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Frank" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/as-it-happens-chicago-is-the-nation-s-leader-in-municipal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/thomas-frank-4078_back_as-it-happens-chicago-is-the-nation-s-le_483790.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/thomas-frank-4078_back_as-it-happens-chicago-is-the-nation-s-le_483790.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/thomas-frank-4078_back_as-it-happens-chicago-is-the-nation-s-le_483790.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. 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