109 Quotes by Eric Garcetti

The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American could never be president until one was; a TV reality star couldn't become president until one was.

What I think the average person wants is not a fight; they want to see something move forward in their own neighborhood.

The White House is not where power comes from in this country. The cities and the local communities of this nation are prepared to save Washington - and not vice versa.

Pete Buttigieg is one of my closest friends as a mayor.

It sure would be nice to have a Washington that was there for us, but most help has always been local and regional.

I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work.

If I hear that Quito, Ecuador, is doing something to have a whole area of town that's zero emissions, and we're thinking about that in Los Angeles' downtown, I'm like, 'I better catch up.'

I always say, as a leader, you've got to know when to get out of the way.

Most people will be primarily getting into autonomous vehicles if we look 20, 30 years out. If we mandate that autonomous vehicles have to be electric, then we will move people into electric vehicles.