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"Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline."
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"God Himself is the power that makes prayer work."
"Leaders create a conducive environment for followers to accomplish their respective dreams. True leaders never fall for anything inferior!"
"The real character of leaders does not show in fair weathers. When the sun of life begins to go hot, you will see for yourself some leaders are already melting off!"
"I heard my teacher said "great people make history". I am not concern about "great" or "people" or "history". I am concerned about "make" and it keeps me asking the next question "how?"! They are Determined and Disciplined!"
"Clarity repositions you to quit nice activities that take you nowhere in order to pursue risky tasks that take you somewhere."
"If you enjoy peace now, remember it is out of the toils of those who were gone before you. The question is "will you leave peace behind you when you are gone"?"
"But of course, when they ask for a "lead from the church," most people mean they want the clergy to put out a political program. That is silly. The clergy are those particular people within the whole church who have been specially trained and set aside to look after what concerns us as creatures who are going to live forever. And we are asking them to do a quite different job, for which they have not been trained. The job is really on us- on the laymen."
"If I am to choose between "sleeping" and "being part of a leadership that pursues irrelevant agenda", I will choose "sleeping". Chasing of irrelevant agenda by a leadership sect is what made Nelson Mandela to call it "Long Walk to Freedom!"
"Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration."
"It's easier to maintain a good character than to recover it when it's gone bad!"
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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."
"But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved."
"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."
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