American - Politician | June 29, 1957 -
Our economy grows from the middle out, not the top down.
Michael Nutter
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We're all in this together. I learned that lesson growing up in West Philly. When I shoveled the sidewalk my parents didn't let me stop with our house. They told me to keep shoveling all the way to the corner. I had a responsibility to my community.
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Part of the problem in politics is that people only look at the next four to eight years: kick the can down the road and say, 'Hey, it's the next person's problem.'
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I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.
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Yes we need enhanced border control. Yes we need to focus our efforts on those who pose a threat to our country. But let's not fall into the trap set by the Tea Party and others who would tell you that every single undocumented individual is a drug smuggler, a terrorist, or a threat to the American way of life. That is simply not true.
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The computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what's going around you.
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There is no Democratic or Republican way to fill a pothole.
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If you want to act like a butthead, your butt is going to get locked up.
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A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.
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You get respect when you give respect. That's how you get respect.
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I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to.
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We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.
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