Behalf Quote by Rahm Emanuel

Mayor Daley has no honor and his word has no value. The sneaky way he did this shows that he knows it was wrong.…

— Phil Boyer

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

— Richard M. Daley

Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley.

— William M. Daley

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

— Jane Byrne

I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999.

— Martin O'Malley

He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for…

— George W. Bush

I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

— Eric Zorn

There is a heavy-ego, solitary model of being an elected leader. We've certainly seen that in some other mayors of this city... I have…

— Bill de Blasio

Being the mayor of the third largest city in the country, that's humbling, but it also gives me incredible hope.

— Lori Lightfoot

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and…

— Matt Gonzalez

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

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