black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.

Rahm Emanuel

When parents tell their children not to congregate on corners, especially in groups, out of fear for them encountering the police, what does that say? We have a trust problem.
RAHM EMANUEL

Children Parents Police Problem Trust
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Existence Honesty Kind Pressure Profession Story
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Bill Deliver Forget Lend President Slow
In millions of encounters each year between the police and the public, it may be too much to expect that every officer will always get it right. But it is not too much to expect that we can put the right safeguards in place to hold officers accountable when they get it wrong.
RAHM EMANUEL

Accountable Expectation Office Right Safety Willing Wrong
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
RAHM EMANUEL

Hero Ourselves Sacrifice Thankful Time
As big a problem as gun violence is for Chicago, it is not beyond our ability to solve. Ending this string of tragedies is our top priority as a city. We are infusing our police department with the manpower, technology and training to meet this challenge head on.
RAHM EMANUEL

Department End Ourselves Police Problem Tragedy Weapon
I join President Obama and the vast majority of Chicagoans who are tired of waiting for Washington to get serious about gun violence.
RAHM EMANUEL

President Serious Violence Weapon
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Aspiration Myself Representation Run
The American people want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
RAHM EMANUEL

Change Ideas People Reform
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Graduation Passion People Progression Work
Fighting crime requires a partnership between the police and the community. And we all know that this partnership has been tested in Chicago. It is a problem that has festered in this city for decades.
RAHM EMANUEL

Crime Fight Partnership Problem
You have a burden going into any campaign when you’re raising money to fund that effort because there’s always a desire to spend more money than you have.
RAHM EMANUEL

Burden Desire Money Raise Yourself
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Decision Dedication Election Leadership Myself People
I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
RAHM EMANUEL

Enemy Nervous People
No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
RAHM EMANUEL

Children Citizenship Myself Treat
I wake up some mornings hating me too.
RAHM EMANUEL

Hate Morning Myself Wake Up

No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Rahm Emanuel Quotes