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"Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline."
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"As you read in The Art of Being, having a heart of service and generosity is a powerful state of being and a positive way to make a great first impression through valuing others. "Service Beyond Self" encourages you to take deliberate action steps to rise above self-interest and ask what you can do for others, not what they can do for you."
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"If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips."
"If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works."
"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."
"But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens."
"For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods."
"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."
"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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