Antonio Villaraigosa famous quotes

03-26-2025

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Mom #Mother #Growing Up
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Law #Police #Criminals
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Party #Thinking #Republican
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Party #People #Faces
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Moving #President #Done
But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Taken #Thinking #Issues
I don't want to describe either Governor Mitt Romney or the Republicans as stupid, but I will say this - if you look at their platform, the 2012 platform, it looks like it's from another century and maybe even two. It looks like the platform of 1812.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Stupid #Two #Looks
Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension reform and seniority and tenure. I've done both - I've advocated for both. I've advocated for - seek for reform as well.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Mistake #Two #Reform
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,.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Community #Want #Helping
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Stupid #President #Republican
So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#People
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Honor #Democracy #Privilege
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Children #Father #Men
We stand with President Obama - love doesn't have a color, love doesn't care if you're gay or straight. Love doesn't discriminate.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Gay #Color #President
You all know I love L.A., but tonight I really love L.A.,
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Tonight
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.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Jobs #Thinking #Mirrors
I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#People #Office
I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Battle #Partners #Council
If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag.
-- Antonio Villaraigosa

#Flags #Wave #American Flag

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