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quotes by topic Chicago

" My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here. "

Day , Walking , First , Chicago

" We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. "

Heart , Chicago , Depression

" We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother. "

Now , Trouble , Brother , Chicago

" My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store. "

Father , Policy , Family , Chicago

" It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. "

Richard Linklater

Chicago

" I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back. "

Richard M. Daley

Heart , Community , Business , Soul , Chicago

" I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem. "

Richard M. Daley

Government , State , Chicago

" I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago. It affects the middle class. It pushes people down. "

Richard M. Daley

People , Class , Middle Class , State , Chicago

" Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city. "

Richard M. Daley

Love , Community , Business , Today , Chicago , Commitment

states , Chicago

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