Michael Nutter
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“The federal government… knows how to put a missile in someone’s room half way around the world with technology. Why don’t we use some of that technology to save some lives here in America?” -Michael Nutter
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“A father is a person who’s around, participating in a child’s life. He’s a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.” -Michael Nutter
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“I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families – that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think…
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“You get respect when you give respect. That’s how you get respect.” -Michael Nutter
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“If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn’t be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.” -Michael Nutter
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“In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can’t grow the middle class if we don’t give our kids the tools they need to innovate and invent.” -Michael Nutter
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“The computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what’s going around you.” -Michael Nutter
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“What the mayors care about is, ‘How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?’” -Michael Nutter
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“Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn’t. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn’t. You either filled a pothole or you didn’t. That’s what we do every day. And we know how to…
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“I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.” -Michael Nutter
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