“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordJuly 9, 2012
The real cost of the problems that we faced here, and in my community, of the public's perception of us and the public's perception of corruption is the loss of the ability to lead.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois
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Quigley discusses the impact of public perception on leadership.

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