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.

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

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

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

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

If you walk into somebody's office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won't hire you? They don't hire you 'cause you look like you're crazy!

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.