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

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

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.

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 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.

Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.