--- title: "4 Melissa Mark-Viverito Quotes" description: "Melissa Mark-Viverito has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/melissa-mark-viverito-70795_economy_we-need-everyone-to-participate-to-make_1275556.jpg" --- # Melissa Mark-Viverito **4** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-need-everyone-to-participate-to-make-our-city-safe-and-we-know/) [Melissa Mark-Viverito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mark-viverito/) [Economy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/melissa-mark-viverito-70795_economy_we-need-everyone-to-participate-to-make_1275556.jpg) > [We have to change laws. We have to change our approach to policing and incarceration in general. But we can get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-have-to-change-laws-we-have-to-change-our-approach-to-policing-and/) [Melissa Mark-Viverito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mark-viverito/) [Incarceration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/incarceration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/melissa-mark-viverito-70795_incarceration_we-have-to-change-laws-we-have-to-change_1471281.jpg) > [Just because you choose, AG Sessions and Trump, to, whole cloth, say that immigrants don't belong here and you are racist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/just-because-you-choose-ag-sessions-and-trump-to-whole-cloth-say-that/) [Melissa Mark-Viverito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mark-viverito/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/melissa-mark-viverito-70795_believe_just-because-you-choose-ag-sessions-and_1894529.jpg) > [We cannot govern in a vacuum. The way that - again, part of my leadership style is that we've got to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mark-viverito/we-cannot-govern-in-a-vacuum-the-way-that-again-part-of-my-leadership/) [Melissa Mark-Viverito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mark-viverito/) [Diverse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diverse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/melissa-mark-viverito-70795_diverse_we-cannot-govern-in-a-vacuum-the-way-tha_2766293.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mark-viverito/#itemlist", "name": "Melissa Mark-Viverito Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need everyone to participate to make our city safe. 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