[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.

Everyone felt comfortable with these guys and what their vision was, and when they said they want to keep the staff intact, that was very encouraging.

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

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.

All eyes, all attention at the federal level, are on al Qaeda and the war on terror. Fact is, al Qaeda wouldn't last a day in parts of Philadelphia. I've got gangsters with .45s that would run them out of town.

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