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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,’ or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America’s security foremost in mind?

Rahm Emanuel

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
We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message – get the job done.
RAHM EMANUEL

Clear Message Work
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
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Country Economy Politics Strong
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
When people told me ‘It’s great to be here’, they meant at the house, not with me.
RAHM EMANUEL

Greatness Home Myself People
I’ve never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
RAHM EMANUEL

Ability Hurt Myself Place
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Blame Country History Myself Negative
Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It’s a reminder there’s a lot broken.
RAHM EMANUEL

Break Call Reminder Wake Up
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 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.
RAHM EMANUEL

Crisis Opportunity Serious Thinking Wasted Time Yourself
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody’s private life.
RAHM EMANUEL

Believe Government Investigation Life Myself Privacy Right
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
Things happened there that I don’t think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.
RAHM EMANUEL

Journalism Myself Politics System Thinking
Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He’s not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
RAHM EMANUEL

Call Flame Liberal Myself Oppression

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