American - Politician | October 17, 1958 -
From high school, you can see my Sierra Club card - I've been a member since 1979. That gives you an indication of early interest.
Mike Quigley
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Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are tearing into as many as you can.
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Honest to goodness, Brian Campbell, he was holding the Cup, and there was no one around for a minute. He says, 'Hold this for a second.' So he hands it to me - one of the best moments of my life.
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One of the things we have to understand is that federal transportation dollars require a local match. If that money isn't there, that money goes to another state.
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Forty-two thousand people is an attractive target for people who want to hurt us. And a ballpark that's about 6 feet, at one point, from the street is as big a target as any we can imagine.
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Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age.
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One of the cornerstones of our democracy is the peaceful transition of power.
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There's a world to save. Don't let anybody tell you you can't change the world. You can, and you have a moral responsibility to try.
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Democracy is not a spectator sport.
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What I would like to do... once I take care of all my kids' student loans, is buy a red 1965 Mustang and fully restore it.
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You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order.
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Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of that.
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