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Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.

Rahm Emanuel

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
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Hero Ourselves Sacrifice Thankful Time
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?
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Crisis Judgement Leadership White
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.
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Crisis Fix Greatness Manual Time War
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.
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Aspiration Myself Representation Run
As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that’s how we get judged by our colleagues and that’s how we get judged by the good lord.
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Action God Goodness Judgment Live Thinking
While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
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Decision Dedication Election Leadership Myself People
There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.
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Citizenship Drugs Home Leaving
I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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Enemy Nervous People
I’ve never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
RAHM EMANUEL

Ability Hurt Myself Place
Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There’s a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn’t exist.
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Existence Honesty Kind Pressure Profession Story
My attitude is govern as if you’ve run your last race. That’s not to say I’ve run my last race, but govern with a liberation and a freedom; change your mind frame to operate that way.
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Attitude Change Frame Freedom Government Myself Operation Race Relationship
When people told me ‘It’s great to be here’, they meant at the house, not with me.
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Greatness Home Myself People
I consider myself a progressive. I have a passion for people who work. To me, this is about forward looking versus backward looking. Ideological gradations are the wrong way to look at it.
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Graduation Passion People Progression Work
Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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Bill Deliver Forget Lend President Slow
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody’s private life.
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Believe Government Investigation Life Myself Privacy Right
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.
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History Moments People Reality

Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.

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