145 Quotes by Rahm Emanuel

We have come a long way and we have a little further to go.

And the last thing that I want to see us do is ask more and more of our troops [in Afghanistan ] without guaranteeing that we're providing more and more of what's necessary to make the mission successful.

Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.

You may say I may be unfit to be mayor. But you can never say I'm an unfit mayor,

Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.

As we move forward, I am looking for a new leader of the Chicago Police Department to address the problems at the very heart of the policing profession. The problem is sometimes referred to as "the thin blue line." The problem is other times referred to as "the code of silence." It is this tendency to ignore. It is the tendency to deny. It is the tendency, in some cases, to cover up the bad actions of a colleague or colleagues.

Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values

No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.