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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

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
There’s no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
RAHM EMANUEL

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

Clear Message Work
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
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
Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
RAHM EMANUEL

Geography Security Value
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
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
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
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.
RAHM EMANUEL

History Moments People Reality
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

Comfortable Failure Majority Mindset Terrorism Tough World
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
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
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
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

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