41 Quotes by Jane Byrne

If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works.

If those communities are left to decay, this city will decay.

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.

We saw hundreds of programs to redevelop the central city, the neighborhoods, in the past.

There is always a testing of the new kid on the block in politics.

In my family I was never known as the fighter, like I became all of a sudden.

I have three sisters, all of whom lead very normal lives.

Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength.

If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city.