Michael Nutter famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Owning A Pet #Adorable #Needs
Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
-- Michael Nutter

#Believe #Pursuit Of Happiness #Ideas
I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.
-- Michael Nutter

#Thinking #Second Amendment #Firsts
Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.
-- Michael Nutter

#Pills #Joyous #Jackasses
Everyone felt comfortable with these guys and what their vision was, and when they said they want to keep the staff intact, that was very encouraging.
-- Michael Nutter

#Guy #Vision #Want
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 most of us still want, we aspire to.
-- Michael Nutter

#Opportunity #Thinking #Cities
All eyes, all attention at the federal level, are on al Qaeda and the war on terror. Fact is, al Qaeda wouldn't last a day in parts of Philadelphia. I've got gangsters with .45s that would run them out of town.
-- Michael Nutter

#Running #War #Eye
Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe.
-- Michael Nutter

#New York #Atlanta #Philadelphia
We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.
-- Michael Nutter

#Magazines #Weapons #Information
There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.
-- Michael Nutter

#Weapons #Reason
I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate.
-- Michael Nutter

#Believe #Men #Thinking
Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.
-- Michael Nutter

#Sports #Philadelphia #Contact Sports
I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.
-- Michael Nutter

#Running #Mayors #Status Quo
[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.
-- Michael Nutter

#Kkk #Black #Folks

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