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.

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

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.

Between an action and reaction, between a gesture and its consequences, everybody agrees that there is an exact relationship, but not necessarily a proportionate one.

True worship is God-centered

Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense—nonsense upon stilts.

Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.

I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.

We claim we believe in compassion, which is an abstract, and when it's personified we discredit the man

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

Wizards don't all look alike.

I love cigarettes. Love them. I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is.