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"The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems."
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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."
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"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it."
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"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
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"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
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"There shall be no end to the government of God."
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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
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"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."
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"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."
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"The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves."
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"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."
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"The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals."
Government
"The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead."
Business
"We saw hundreds of programs to redevelop the central city, the neighborhoods, in the past."
Past
"If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city."
Government
"In the housing projects, people talked of ways to reduce crime, relieve overcrowding, and they were good ideas that we plan to study, and possibly implement."
People
"The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems."
Government
"If those communities are left to decay, this city will decay."
Will
"I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive."
Performance
"Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago."
Governance
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