100 Quotes by Ted Wheeler

I will not allow continued planned street violence between rival factions to take place on the streets of Portland.

If you can't create a world-class university, why not invite one in?

I certainly didn't see the mayor's withdrawal coming. I was looking for a highly contested mayoral campaign.

My privilege as a white man, my privilege as the mayor and the leader of the institutions of power in this community I believe shielded me from time to time from the many difficult and uncomfortable truths about our history and about our society.

Portland is an amazing and awe-inspiring city. It's a city we cherish for its beauty. A city we love for its tolerance.

It sends the wrong message to participate in hosted golf and other entertainment activities while thousands of Oregonians face foreclosure, unemployment or are simply struggling.

I don't think what's in my pocketbook matters.

I am mindful of my responsibilities as state treasurer, and I will not shirk those responsibilities.

We have to nurture and support the idea of pluralism.