"Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes."
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"Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals."
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"The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work."
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"Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place."
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"What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government."
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"Chicago has been characterized as the most segregated city in the United States, a city they said could never change."
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"I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government."
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"I am interested in garnering the white vote, and the black vote, and the Latin vote, and the Asian vote, and the business vote, and the labor vote."
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"I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped."
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"I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago."
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"Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city."
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