If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.
The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.
Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.
The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
Politics never takes a holiday in Chicago.
Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
I believe that we are stewards of a time that is upon us - but often we need the encouragement of each other to be able to wake up to this extraordinary time and possibility.
As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.
Live your life; whatever that life may be.
If your mind is open to opposing ideas, your intelligence will go up. If your mind is closed to opposing ideas, your ignorance is in control. Intelligence or ignorance? Your ability to keep an open mind and appreciate multiple points of view is conscious choice. And one that can open your world, and shape your childs future.