Betsy Hodges

“I have the greatest respect for Chief Harteau. I was a very firm supporter of hers when her nomination was brought forward, and I think that her goals and values are in line with mine when it comes to the Police Department.”

“When Donald Trump comes after any part of our community, he'll find 419,000 Minneapolitans and me standing squarely in his way. That's the kind of wall I can support.”

“Everybody is happier living in a mixed-income neighborhood.”

“The world has a truly historic pope in Francis.”

“I have people I talk to on a regular basis about what's going on in my life, what am I struggling with, and where my faith is at.”

“My mother's first career was physical therapy, her second was writer, and her third career was president of an organic fertilizer company. And she's driven a tank.”

“I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - and many times since.”

“I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.”

“Donald Trump is out to destroy people's lives, and he's trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we've got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further.”

“The nexus of Donald Trump's hateful behaviors and policies around Muslim people and immigrants comes together right here in Minneapolis. I knew immediately that the people I represent were going to be very, very scared and very, very worried for their safety.”

“I lift weights. It's one of the reasons I get up so early.”

“We stand with our Muslim community as President Trump singles them out for attack and unfairly-targeted policy.”

“Politics is challenging for everyone's integrity... I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with the person I wake up with. If I string together too many days of waking up with a person I'm not happy to be, I have a lot bigger things at stake in my life than an election or a job.”

“As mayor, I'm charged with a big-picture agenda.”

“When we are all together, we will have a future that is far greater than whatever we could do separate from one another.”

“We can only have true public safety with public trust.”

“I find that if I don't have enough physical activity in life, I don't do as well with anything else in my life. It's stress relief; it's good health. It's fun. It's alone time, for the most part.”

“If we're going to make a city everybody can live in for a lifetime, we need to make sure we are building and growing for everybody.”

“I am very aware that I married up, and I'm lucky for it every day.”

“Prince was a child of our city, and his love of his hometown permeated many of his songs. Our pride in his accomplishments permeates our love of Minneapolis.”