30 Richard J. Daley Quotes

Richard J. Daley quotes

1. The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.

2. If a father can't do a favor for son, what is the world coming to?

3. Together we must rise to ever higher and higher platitudes.

4. Even the Lord had skeptical members of His Party.

5. Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-fucker, go home.

6. Good government is good politics.

7. I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

8. I have conferred with the superintendent of police this morning and I gave him instructions that an order be issued by him immediately and under his signature to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a molotov cocktail in his hand.

9. There wasn't any shoot to kill order. That was a fabrication.

10. They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me.

11. The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.

12. After all, I am a liberal myself.

1. We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.

2. Return to the fundamentals of politics - sell our story door to door.

3. The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.

4. Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

5. We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

6. What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

7. If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.

8. Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.

9. The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.

10. We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.

11. The confrontation was not created by the police. The confrontation was created by the people who charged the police. Gentlemen, get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder. The policeman is there to preserve disorder.

12. Don't worry if they're Democrats or Republicans. Give them service and they'll become Democrats.

13. If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?

14. A newspaper is the lowest thing there is.

15. No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic Party.

16. Gentlemen, let's get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder. The policeman is there to preserve disorder.

17. We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

18. We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That's the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it