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" 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. "

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

Michael Nutter

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Michael Nutter

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

" Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport. "

" The federal government... knows how to put a missile in someone's room half way around the world with technology. Why don't we use some of that technology to save some lives here in America? "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

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

Michael Nutter

Government

Safety

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can't grow the middle class if we don't give our kids the tools they need to innovate and invent. "

" I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to. "

" You can't really escape the fact that more reasonable gun regulations and procedures need to be in place, a strengthening and tightening of the national background check system. I don't know why any civilian would ever be able to purchase an assault weapon or the parts that go with it. "

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

" I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo. "