Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in… — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
In my family I was never known as the fighter, like I became all of a sudden. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone,… — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy,… — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
