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We as mayors have the opportunity to push the envelope and get people thinking, even when it is not politically popular. Cities hold the…

— Greg Nickels

I think there's pressure on every mayor who's trying to do the right thing by their people, and that's the pressure of a capitalist…

— Chokwe Lumumba

I strongly believe being mayor is the public post in which you have the greatest opportunity to change peoples' lives for the better. People…

— Eduardo Paes

Big city mayors don't play well with voters outside their city anymore. Just ask John Lindsay, Ed Koch, Kevin White, Tom Bradley, Dick Riordon.…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I am not running for mayor yet. But if it comes to be true that people cannot voice an opinion unless they have been…

— Margaret Atwood

The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role…

— Boots Riley

You served the people shamefully. The people thought they were electing a mayor.

— Harold A Ackerman

As mayor, you have to make a decision quickly and it affects people instantly, almost.

— Marty Walsh

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council,…

— Jello Biafra

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.

— Eduardo Paes

I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town…

— Fidel Castro

There's probably never been a more important time for mayors in America than there is right now in this country, because the people who…

— Marty Walsh