If government can’t do the small things, how could you ever trust it to do the big ones? How can we promise to transform our city if we can’t pave your street?
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Big-City Mayors
Quotes from the mayors of America's largest cities — current and former.
Current mayors
KS-IJohn BaconKansas
CA-DKaren BassCalifornia1,185 Quotes
NVShelley BerkleyNevada77 Quotes
HIRick BlangiardiHawaii
DC-DMuriel BowserDistrict of Columbia141 Quotes
FLJane CastorFlorida2 Quotes
NCJanet CowellNorth Carolina1 Quote
TX-IJohn Cowen Jr.Texas
FLDonna DeeganFlorida
GAAndre DickensGeorgia18 Quotes
VABobby DyerVirginia2 Quotes
CAJerry DyerCalifornia
AZMark FreemanArizona
MNJacob FreyMinnesota59 Quotes
TX-IGeorge FullerTexas
AZKate GallegoArizona4 Quotes
OHAndrew GintherOhio2 Quotes
CATodd GloriaCalifornia1 Quote
CAKaren GohCalifornia
KYCraig GreenbergKentucky6 Quotes
FLEileen HigginsFlorida7 Quotes
INJoe HogsettIndiana3 Quotes
OKDavid HoltOklahoma7 Quotes
IL-DBrandon JohnsonIllinois159 Quotes
WICavalier JohnsonWisconsin5 Quotes
TXEric JohnsonTexas6 Quotes
TXRenard JohnsonTexas
TXGina Ortiz JonesTexas12 Quotes
NMTim KellerNew Mexico4 Quotes
CA-DBarbara LeeCalifornia497 Quotes
MOQuinton LucasMissouri7 Quotes
CADaniel LurieCalifornia11 Quotes
NCVi LylesNorth Carolina5 Quotes
CAMatt MahanCalifornia8 Quotes
NY-DZohran MamdaniNew York809 Quotes
CAKevin McCartyCalifornia8 Quotes
COYemi MoboladeColorado
OKMonroe NicholsOklahoma2 Quotes
TNFreddie O’ConnellTennessee6 Quotes
PACherelle ParkerPennsylvania8 Quotes
TXMattie ParkerTexas
CARex RichardsonCalifornia
AZRegina RomeroArizona
AR-DFrank Scott Jr.Arkansas2 Quotes
MDBrandon ScottMaryland19 Quotes
MIMary SheffieldMichigan3 Quotes
TXKirk WatsonTexas30 Quotes
TXJohn WhitmireTexas5 Quotes
WAKatie WilsonWashington17 Quotes
MA-DMichelle WuMassachusetts88 Quotes
TNPaul YoungTennessee11 Quotes
Former mayors
California will not sit idle as Trump and his Republican lapdogs shred our country’s democracy before our very eyes.
His strength, clarity, conviction: Trump respects strength, he does not respect weakness.
We do not in any way, shape or form condone the behaviour of this president as it relates to how he's treated you.
I absolutely believe within a matter of days, I can't imagine more than two, three weeks, he'll be back at the table.
Our stations do not just get hot, they turn into underground saunas.
We would be making these stations cool again, and we’d be making what is old new again.
What we can do is continue with our approach citywide of looking for ways to cut costs and cut the regulations that so many bodegueros, as well as grocery store owners, have to jump through in order to do their work.
I’m confident in both the legality of this – that it will stand up in court – and the importance of delivering it.
I came to South Carolina to propose something about the country’s future.
Great cities address issues in a number of different ways. And it doesn’t mean that you are not addressing issues by also continuing to grow your city, to build jobs, to bring more people to your city, to bring more investment to the whole…
The Royals and Hallmark downtown will bring millions of people to our city core, build thousands of jobs in the heart of our region and will extend benefits to every corner of Kansas City and our area.
The Supreme Court just let the Trump administration move ahead (for now) with its plan to disenfranchise voters across the country.
California will be suing AGAIN to block these Orwellian rules from being implemented.
I’m enthusiastic about encouraging people to get a Trump account.
I very much oppose these proposed changes, by the current Brooklyn Democratic Party chair. I oppose them because they are an attempt to circumnavigate the will of voters.
Mamdani is offering ‘free’ babysitting so they could turn your kids into socialists.
I have seen socialism. I want no part of it. And hopefully the American people once they understand exactly what that brings and the price that you're going to pay because they lose your freedom, that they'll say we want no part of this.
Why are they broke? Because they're incompetent. Why are incompetent? Because they are communists.
These socialists … are actually using democracy to destroy democracy.
I don't know what the heck she thought she was joining… Socialists [and] communists, deny what they are until they get into power.
Were ICE to procure such resources, it would constitute an unprovoked and unwarranted escalation, creating potentially significant risks to public safety and halting economic activity across our entire region.





