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Richard J. Daley

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Even the Lord had skeptical members of His party.


— Richard J. Daley


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Good government is good politics.


— Richard J. Daley


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I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.


— Richard J. Daley


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No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic Party.


— Richard J. Daley


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Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.


— Richard J. Daley


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The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.


— Richard J. Daley


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The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.


— Richard J. Daley


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We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.


— Richard J. Daley


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We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.


— Richard J. Daley


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What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?


— Richard J. Daley


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Despite a decline in popularity following 1968 Daley was historically re-elected for the fifth time in 1971. Conlisk and subsequently related that conversation at a City Hall press conference as follows:
"I said to him very emphatically and very definitely that an order be issued by him immediately to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand because they're potential murderers and to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting. " Many feel that by revitalizing the downtown area and firmly fixing the middle-class in place in the city limits Daley probably did save Chicago from declining to the extent of the average Rust Belt city.

Kennedy in 1960 and of Hubert Humphrey in 1968. He played a major role in the history of the Democratic Party especially with his support of John F. Richard Joseph Daley (May 15 1902 – December 20 1976) served for 21 years as the mayor and undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago and is considered by historians to be the "last of the big city bosses".

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