A Midwestern municipal government isn't the first thing that leaps to mind when you think of innovation, but it ought to be. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
The old line of thought used to be that local government is the bush leagues. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
In local government, it's very clear to your customers - your citizens - whether or not you're delivering. Either that pothole gets… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
As the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, I see on a daily basis the impact of politics and policy on my family,… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
So much of politics is about people's relationships with themselves. You do better if you make people feel secure in who they… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
If somebody is pointing out that there are advantages - many of them unfair - that go along with being male in… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Being attentive to the things that add meaning to our lives alongside politics will help us inform our politics with the values… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Wall-to-wall coverage of the political intrigue in Washington focuses on which Capitol Hill players won the daily news cycle, with barely any… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Those of us who work in politics can only make ourselves useful if our heads are filled with things that we can… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
You're not free if you can't start a small business because you fear losing your health care, and you're certainly not free… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
One respect in which I'm very much my father's son is how I feel about Joyce. 'Ulysses' is very much about daily… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
If somebody is saying that I should not compete because I'm a man, I don't know what to say to that. And… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Like anyone who follows politics, I am sometimes mesmerized by the twisted and relentless drama playing out in Washington. But I also… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
'Freedom' means a lot to conservatives, but they have such a narrow sense of what it means. They think a lot about… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
If you're a white candidate, it is twice as important for you to be talking about racial inequity and not just describing… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Greatness will come by looking forward - untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our shared values - and… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
The challenge in confronting Trump is that there are certain things that he does that that you have to respond to, just morally. When… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I think there's an opportunity hopefully for religion to be not so much used as a cudgel but invoked as a way of calling… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I think people are just puzzled by why people where I'm from make the political choices sometimes that they do. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Presidents going live from the Oval Office have used that platform to inform the American public, and also to do one of the most… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.' — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Greatness will come by looking forward - untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our shared values - and by changing… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
You're not free if you can't marry the person you love because a county clerk is imposing his or her interpretation of religion on… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
That really important freedom in my life, the freedom to marry, came about because of choices that were made by policymakers who had power… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
To me, what's really important about the Green New Deal isn't, like, one of the elements of it: it's the concept. It's the concept… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I am not skilled enough or energetic enough to craft a persona. I just have to be who I am and hope people like… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Being gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
