Richard J. Daley

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.

The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.