Power is dangerous unless you have humility.
Richard J. Daley

A newspaper is the lowest thing there is.
Richard J. Daley

Good government is good politics.
Richard J. Daley

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.
Richard J. Daley

We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That's the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it.
Richard J. Daley

The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.
Richard J. Daley

Don't worry if they're Democrats or Republicans. Give them service and they'll become Democrats.
Richard J. Daley

Even the Lord had skeptical members of His party.
Richard J. Daley