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"I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago."
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"City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference."
"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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"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."
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"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."
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