In the White House, you can be on the pitcher’s mound or you can be in the catcher’s position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
RAHM EMANUELWe have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message – get the job done.
More Rahm Emanuel Quotes
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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.
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When people told me ‘It’s great to be here’, they meant at the house, not with me.
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Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
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There’s no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It’s a reminder there’s a lot broken.
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I’ve never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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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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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He’s not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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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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I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important.
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I join President Obama and the vast majority of Chicagoans who are tired of waiting for Washington to get serious about gun violence.
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Gun violence in Chicago is unacceptable. It threatens everything we have done together and all of the progress we have made in other areas.
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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.
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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.
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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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