Good government is good politics.

If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.

I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

The confrontation was not created by the police; the confrontation was created by the people who charged the police. Gentlemen, let's get the thing straight, once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.

We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.

The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.