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“The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.”
“Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'”
“I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy.”
“I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit.”
“If you can speak Spanish, then you can have a stronger connection with the residents of Los Angeles.”
“I don't live life with a ton of regrets.”
“I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.”
“As mayor, I've traveled to China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Mexico to meet with heads of state and business leaders to promote trade with L.A. companies and through L.A.'s seaports and airports - because that generates L.A. jobs.”
“Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.”
“Don't run for mayor if you don't want to basically be working all the time.”
“The cost of housing in L.A. has increased dramatically because more people want to live here. They come to Los Angeles every day, not just from around the United States but from around the world.”
“I lived in Burma for a couple of summers in the '90s, working with the democratic resistance that had fled to the jungles.”
“If you want to cut crime, if you want to end homelessness, you have to deal with sexual violence, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.”
“I'm progressive, and I'm practical.”
“Campaigns are these moments of suspended animation where people usually learn how to be friends afterward.”
“I think connected to poverty is the trauma of poverty. It's not just a material thing; it's a psychological thing that we have no mental health system in this country.”
“My main job and my overwhelming job starts with my family, my street, my neighborhood, and my city.”
“I've worked closely with presidents, especially with President Obama, and I realized that what good leaders do at the national level is no different than what we do at the local level.”
“Pete Buttigieg is one of my closest friends as a mayor.”
“Mayors in any city are pretty non-partisan people where it's problem solvers.”