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title: "1 Way Leadership Quotes By Melissa Mark-Viverito"
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> [We cannot govern in a vacuum. The way that - again, part of my leadership style is that we've got to really have voices, diverse voices, at the table, on any given issue, and really figure out what is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-cannot-govern-in-a-vacuum-the-way-that-again-part-of-my-leadership/)

Melissa Mark-Viverito

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## More by Melissa Mark-Viverito

> [We need everyone to participate to make our city safe. And we know that the vast majority of immigrants are contributing positively to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-need-everyone-to-participate-to-make-our-city-safe-and-we-know/)

Melissa Mark-Viverito

> [We have to change laws. We have to change our approach to policing and incarceration in general. But we can get the population to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-have-to-change-laws-we-have-to-change-our-approach-to-policing-and/)

Melissa Mark-Viverito

> [Just because you choose, AG Sessions and Trump, to, whole cloth, say that immigrants don't belong here and you are racist and you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/just-because-you-choose-ag-sessions-and-trump-to-whole-cloth-say-that/)

Melissa Mark-Viverito

> [We cannot govern in a vacuum. The way that - again, part of my leadership style is that we've got to really have voices,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-cannot-govern-in-a-vacuum-the-way-that-again-part-of-my-leadership/)

Melissa Mark-Viverito

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