There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

The drys seemingly are afraid of the truth. Why not take inventory and ascertain the true conditions. Let us not leave it to the charge of an antipro…

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

When I make a mistake, it's a beauty!

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for them as long as they don't apply to him

- Fiorello H. La Guardia

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

- Fiorello H. La Guardia