Jane Byrne Chicago Quotations

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.

Chicago’s neighborhoods have always been the city’s greatest strength.

When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast.

Politics never takes a holiday in Chicago.

Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.

The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason.

The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world.

The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead.