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" For those of us in the political business, generally, it's been pretty much an unwritten but understood rule that family and children are out of bounds, that you don't attack someone's family. "

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" What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?' "

Michael Nutter

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Education

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" Yes we need enhanced border control. Yes we need to focus our efforts on those who pose a threat to our country. But let's not fall into the trap set by the Tea Party and others who would tell you that every single undocumented individual is a drug smuggler, a terrorist, or a threat to the American way of life. That is simply not true. "

" To succeed in big-city politics requires a powerful, motivating vision of a better world, a plan to get there, a willingness to meet constituents on their terms, and a tough political skin. "

" I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot. "

" Somehow, someway, for some people there's an automatic assumption that a mayor who is African-American or some other elected official has to support another African-American. "

" I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city. "

" You know, public service is serious enough on its own, and what I've found is if you take yourself take yourself too seriously in this business, you'll lose sight of what it is that you're trying to get done. So I mean I've tried to have the proper mix of being a serious public servant, but also still being a regular guy. "

" Part of the problem in politics is that people only look at the next four to eight years: kick the can down the road and say, 'Hey, it's the next person's problem.' "

" Our economy grows from the middle out, not the top down. "

" If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store. "

" I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate. "

" We're all in this together. I learned that lesson growing up in West Philly. When I shoveled the sidewalk my parents didn't let me stop with our house. They told me to keep shoveling all the way to the corner. I had a responsibility to my community. "

Michael Nutter

Community

Responsibility

" If you want to act like a butthead, your butt is going to get locked up. "

Michael Nutter

You

Want

" I believe that people, regardless of their station in life, should be able to sit down at a table to a meal - inside away from the heat and cold, the rain and the snow. "

" We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade. "

" We need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up. "

Michael Nutter

Government

Safety

" You get respect when you give respect. That's how you get respect. "

" We all pay federal taxes that we send to Washington and it is not unusual that as Americans we would expect some federal investment in the cities and metro areas because we're the ones that are generating the economic activity. "

" Philly is a place where people love change as long as things stay the same for them. "

" Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport. "

" Vice President Biden is the real deal. He'll give it to you straight. He communicates in a way that I think connects with people at a real level. "

" There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon. "

" Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe. "

" I'm honored to serve as mayor of my hometown where our founders started America with three simple words: 'We, the people.' And when they said 'people' they didn't mean 'corporations.' "

" A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns. "

" There is no Democratic or Republican way to fill a pothole. "

" Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward. "

" The computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what's going around you. "

" I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate. "

" Philadelphians are a gritty, tough people who will help you when you're down. "