The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents.

- Richard M. Daley

Alcohol and drug addiction are problems, and we should use outside agencies that know the business. They do business all over the country. Why don't …

- Richard M. Daley

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

- Richard M. Daley

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

- Richard M. Daley

I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.

- Richard M. Daley

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

- Richard M. Daley

So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.' T…

- Richard M. Daley

We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, internati…

- Richard M. Daley