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"The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason."
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"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."
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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."
"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."
"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."
"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."
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"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."
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