I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

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I am not interested in splitting the white vote.

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Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.

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The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.

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Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

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Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city.

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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.

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Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.

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What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.

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