The Fireworks Begin Today. Each Diploma Is

Don't Tell Me This Is A Difficult Problem. If It Weren't Difficult, It Wouldn't Be A Problem.

The Very Fact That I Became Mayor In 1977 Conveys How You Can't Figure Out What The People Will Do. Nobody Thought I Would Be Elected. When I Entered I Got Four Percent Of The Vote In The First Poll, Four Percent.

...what About The Millions Of Poor In This Country Who Desperately Need Assistance And Services To Help Bring Them Out Of Poverty? Shall They Go To The Back Of The Line? And Shall Those Who Have Made A Dramatic Illegal Entry, Who Would Normally Not Be Entitled To Government Assistance, Or Even Entry Itself, Be Put At The Front?

The Person Who Is Bent On Killing You Will Follow You Wherever You Are.

When I Came In, The City Was On The Edge Of Bankruptcy. I'm Proud Of What I Did. I Built The Foundation That Mayors After Me Built Upon - Particularly Bloomberg. But The Foundation Was Essential Because If It Hadn't Occurred, We Would Have Been Another Detroit.