Antonio Villaraigosa Quotes
Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.
We in Los Angeles, who have ourselves been helped to stand up - to recover and rebuild after a disaster - want to help the families and communities of the Gulf Coast,.
Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.
You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.
We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.
Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid.
The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.
My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.
In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part because of the jobs we have.
So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.
Don't let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You've got to set a high bar.
