What makes an officer’s job all the more difficult, dangerous, and demanding is that it rests on upholding that sacred trust with citizens that he or she serves. Nevertheless, I ask every officer in Chicago: reflect on your work, your training, your experience and – to be honest – about the fears and frustrations you bring to that job. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
In millions of encounters each year between the police and the public, it may be too much to expect that every officer will always get it right. But it is not too much to expect that we can put the right safeguards in place to hold officers accountable when they get it wrong. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody’s private life. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He’s not exactly what I call a flaming liberal. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
I’ve never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
The fact is, Bush’s war policy has failed. It’s failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha? Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
When people told me ‘It’s great to be here’, they meant at the house, not with me. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
