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Mayors are judged by results. -- Willie Brown
Mayors of New York are almost automatically national figures. -- Stephen Kinzer
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. -- Robert Burton
Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward. -- Michael Nutter
Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce. -- Lou Barletta
I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues. -- Alan Autry
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas. -- David Wilkerson
Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same. -- Antonio Villaraigosa
Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York. -- Joe Lhota
Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemorial in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York. -- Joe Lhota
I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting. -- Richard M. Daley
There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayors office. -- Harvey Gantt
Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York. -- Joe Lhota
Mayors are very different, because mayors can't be on both sides of every issue. Mayors have to take an explicit stance. Just go with your gut and say what you believe, and you'll be fine. If you're not fine, at least you'll like what you see in the mirror. -- Michael Bloomberg
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped. -- Harold Washington
When I became mayor, the city was in tough financial straits. -- Ken Boshcoff
For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office. -- Tony Curtis
That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city -- Maxine Waters
That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. -- Maxine Waters
As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure. -- Frank Hague
Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. -- William M. Daley
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too. -- Alan Autry
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. -- Robert Moses
I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives. -- Eduardo Paes
The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor. -- Thomas Menino
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions. -- Elton Gallegly
Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors. -- Rand Paul
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities. -- Sarah Palin
It's interesting: the letters I get from mayors that want Wal-Mart to look and invest in their community. -- Mike Duke
As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive -- Gavin Newsom
You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor. -- Lillie Langtry
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. -- Emir Kusturica
As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options -- Gavin Newsom
As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy -- Gavin Newsom
As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected -- Gavin Newsom
If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage. -- Frank Moore Colby
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes. -- Fidel Castro
Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers. -- Jay Leno
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional -- Gavin Newsom
I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth; don't chase the biggest profits at the expense of our children and grandchildren and at the cost of sacrificing our ecological environment. -- Chen Guangbiao
I have worked closely with many of our county commissioners, mayors, local transportation officials, and others to determine project needs in the 18th District, and they deserve a great deal of thanks for today's victory on the House floor. -- Bob Ney
I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years. -- William Petersen
As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions. -- Robert Hormats
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. -- Ed Koch
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. -- Michael Bloomberg
Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities. -- Ban Ki-moon
Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them. -- Gail Collins
What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?' -- Michael Nutter
Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn't. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn't. You either filled a pothole or you didn't. That's what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done. -- Michael Nutter
A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors. -- Howard Roberts
Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws.. -- Margaret Haddix
If we're going to talk about mayors, that under the current mayor [of New York in 2016], crime has continued to drop, including murders. -- Hillary Clinton
We as mayors have the opportunity to push the envelope and get people thinking, even when it is not politically popular. Cities hold the key. -- Greg Nickels
What we think of as Halloween is really the product of media barons, city mayors, and candy-makers. You know, before the 1920s, Halloween was really a terrible, terrible night. -- Chuck Palahniuk
I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors, townships and community leaders. -- Ban Ki-moon
Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance. -- Dalai Lama
We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators. Today there are senators who are - who were previously guerrillas. -- Juan Manuel Santos
The mayors fund for London will be a streamlined vehicle for getting money from the wealth creating sector to communities across London that are facing hardship and deprivation and are the victims of crime. -- Boris Johnson
It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school boards, "What's the plan? What's the local government going to do for us?" -- Van Jones

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