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

Business as usual will not be accepted by the people of this city.
- Harold Washington Quote

Business as usual will not be accepted by this chief executive of this great city.
- Harold Washington Quote

I am not interested in splitting the white vote.
- Harold Washington Quote

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
- Harold Washington Quote

Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.
- Harold Washington Quote

That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.
- Harold Washington Quote

The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.
- Harold Washington Quote

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.
- Harold Washington Quote