#at

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

— Richard J. Daley

#democratic #democratic party #equal #men #men and women

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

— Richard J. Daley

#county #democratic #democratic party #happened #just

And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates' philosophy, and I think it's a different time and a different generation. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#candidates #changing #country #different #donkeys

First National Bank laid off 1,000 people; where do they go? There are no jobs for them. So we are having serious economic problems in this country. We are in a real economic crisis. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#country #crisis #economic #economic crisis #economic problems

I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#creativity #done #edge #enjoy #getting

My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That's what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#called #came #dad #depression #difference

People have to be confident about their sites. We're confident, number one, because under my administration we're managing our airports better than we've ever done before. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#administration #because #before #better #confident

That's an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they don't see that, and you don't get these things done, then you're competing with Texas and California and Atlanta; then you really have problems. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#atlanta #california #competing #development #done

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#art #because #compete #discipline #even

We also need people like social workers, volunteers, the Christian Industrial League, drug treatment programs to make sure you are getting them a job. That's what you have to do. Otherwise, we just keep stepping around these things. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#around #christian #getting #industrial #job