Richard M. Daley

We're competing against other great cities: Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. That's why it's important that we all join together on…

— Richard M. Daley

I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders,…

— Richard M. Daley

The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents.

— Richard M. Daley

Alcohol and drug addiction are problems, and we should use outside agencies that know the business. They do business all over the…

— Richard M. Daley

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our…

— Richard M. Daley

We also need people like social workers, volunteers, the Christian Industrial League, drug treatment programs to make sure you are getting them…

— Richard M. Daley

I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local…

— Richard M. Daley

I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've…

— Richard M. Daley

And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time.

— Richard M. Daley

That area environmentally is a waste. You can't do anything. I don't care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is…

— Richard M. Daley

We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international…

— Richard M. Daley

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

— Richard M. Daley

In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to…

— Richard M. Daley

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

— Richard M. Daley

So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go…

— Richard M. Daley

My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life.…

— Richard M. Daley

I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago.…

— Richard M. Daley

You go out there and ask them what their future is today. If we don't build that today, there's nothing.

— Richard M. Daley

It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago.

— Richard M. Daley

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

— Richard M. Daley

Well, the problem of the federal government is that they print money and go in debt. That's their national policy, Democrats and…

— Richard M. Daley

That's an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they don't see that, and you don't get these things done, then…

— Richard M. Daley

Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where…

— Richard M. Daley

And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what…

— Richard M. Daley

You have nothing coming into a major metropolitan area to relocate or locate your business and employees. And you can go across…

— Richard M. Daley