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The mayoral mentality is incredibly valuable. I don't want to lose that.

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.

The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.