Being true Quote by Margaret Atwood

As a mayor, I've learned that people look to their elected leaders for practical solutions, not partisan ones. They expect results, not political treatises.

— Francis X. Suarez

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the…

— Emir Kusturica

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

— Richard M. Daley

We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted…

— Angela Alioto

There's no question that I have always wanted to be mayor. I know I am strategically not supposed to be saying that, but I…

— Angela Alioto

The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would…

— Ed Koch

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

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

— Marty Walsh

I would consider running for office. But not for mayor.

— Chirlane McCray

Mayors are very different, because mayors can't be on both sides of every issue. Mayors have to take an explicit stance. Just go with…

— Michael Bloomberg

Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad news is, now you're the mayor.

— Clint Eastwood

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

— Christine Quinn