You can't really move forward if you don't heal the past and identify and address the fact that you had a problem and in some cases still have issues….

I am the mayor of Boston, I am a Democrat. But, I am not the mayor of Democratic people in Boston. I am the mayor of Democrats and Republicans, Indep….

The millennial that lives in a very red state might not even realize that their congressman thinks that they have no constituents that feel the oppos….

Clearly, I think that there have been racial problems in America for a long time. I still think that, particularly during the second half of the Obam….

In Boston, our strength is really our diversity..

There's probably never been a more important time for mayors in America than there is right now in this country, because the people who are being tar….

I know from my own life that you can’t move forward unless you reach out and deal honestly with the past. The truth is that when it comes to race and….

The Boston's government approves housing projects every month and we're constantly approving opportunities to build more housing. And Boston is one o….

That's what American values and ideals are all about: We can come here and be different and celebrate different faiths and be OK with that..

I truly do live my life a day at a time. When I talk to people trying to get through anything, it's a day at a time. If people stop to think, "It's g….

The majority of people who come to America come for a better life, just like the Italians, the Jews, the Irish, and the Polish did in generations bef….

Education is the lifeline of the city of Boston in a lot of ways, as far as preparing and educating young people for the future. So when we think abo….

When you go to urban America and you look at cities around America. People are moving back into the cities at record numbers. In the 1980s it was a f….

As a mayor, I don't make my decisions based upon whether it is a "Democrat" issue. You make your decisions based upon the people you represent as a c….

Even though we all might have differences, there's commonality in the sense [that] people are hard-working, people want to raise a family, people wan….

The Affordable Care Act is a huge problem. [Repealing the ACA is] going to have huge implications. We have millennials that live in Boston that are o….

I'm personally asking each and every single Boston resident to look after their neighbor..

The majority of people who come to America come to America for a better life for their family..