Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.

The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.

What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.

Chicago has been characterized as the most segregated city in the United States, a city they said could never change.

I am interested in garnering the white vote, and the black vote, and the Latin vote, and the Asian vote, and the business vote, and the labor vote.

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.

Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city.

Friendship is just love that has yet to sprout wings and take flight.

I found myself, lost inside the depths of my darkest days amazed to find the most of you watching me hoping i’d stay.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

When failure is not an option, we can forget about creativity, learning, and innovation.

Of two evils, choose neither.

Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

There is no counting the unsolved problems of Natural History.

The Pentagon is, admissibly, the most powerful institution in history.

I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.

Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.