Rahm Emanuel Quotes

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that: it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns.

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.

Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.

I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

You may say I may be unfit to be mayor. But you can never say I'm an unfit mayor.

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.

And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.

Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.

[Obama White House] rescued the economy from the worst recession.

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

Every election is different, every context is different. I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president Bill Clinton was important.

There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.

We have come a long way and we have a little further to go.

We've been at war for many years in Afghanistan following 9/11. We know that we've got young men and women on the ground now. We've got our blood and treasure at stake there already.

We need to deal with the problem of al Qaeda, make sure that they can't have a sanctuary in Afghanistan and guarantee that we have regional stabilization and particularly focused on Pakistan.

Deliberation is a good thing when it comes to fighting wars.

Personally, I don't pick books for how people think about me. I read books so I can learn.

Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

I think the most important thing for us to make judgments about is what can we really do? What can we achieve?

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval office desk?

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk?

Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

Under Superintendent Johnson's leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.