More from Richard J. Daley

  1. The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants.…
  2. They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me.
  3. There wasn't any shoot to kill order. That was a fabrication.
  4. I have conferred with the superintendent of police this morning and I gave him instructions that an order be issued by him immediately and …
  5. I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.
  6. Good government is good politics.
  7. Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-fucker, go home.
  8. Even the Lord had skeptical members of His Party.

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