Jane Byrne

“I have given the city a festive image. We have Taste of Chicago, we have ChicagoFest, we have all the neighborhood fests.”

“It's a beautiful day in Chicago. The city is alive and so am I.”

“If you want to live in a project, I'll live in it with you.”

“I beat the machine. I'm the one that beat the machine.”

“Before me, no woman was ever a mayor of a major city in this country. I was the first.”

“I felt that the city was not being run well, that the services were not being delivered.”

“They call it the city that works. I call it the city that works for a few.”

“Mishandling of the snow removal is what brought me to the contest.”

“We're going to get this city moving again.”

“I think people are tired of the same old cronies. I think they want a new face, a new voice.”