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March 30, 2005
No Democratic or Republican way to clean the streets
Fiorello La Guardia is famous for saying that "there is no Democratic or Republican way to clean the streets" in New York City. In other words, that there's "only one New York," without all the politics.
However, my first citation below is from Samuel Seabury, famous for his commission on police corruption.
23 February 1934, New York Times, "1,500 BACK SEABURY ON ECONOMY BILL," pg. 2:
He (Samuel Seabury - ed.) expressed the belief, however, that the public had begun to realize that the administration of city government was not a matter of partisan politics but of business - "that there is no Democratic or Republican way to clean the streets."
22 August 1962, New York Times, "Durable Campaigner: Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman, pg. 22:
"As La Guardia used to say, 'There's no Democratic or Republican way to sweep the streets.'"
27 May 1965, New York Times, pg. 39:
Quotation of the Day
"I'm running as Lindsay. As Fiorello La Guardia said, there is no Republican way or Democratic way to clean the streets."--Representative John V. Lindsay at a news conference in Washington.
However, my first citation below is from Samuel Seabury, famous for his commission on police corruption.
23 February 1934, New York Times, "1,500 BACK SEABURY ON ECONOMY BILL," pg. 2:
He (Samuel Seabury - ed.) expressed the belief, however, that the public had begun to realize that the administration of city government was not a matter of partisan politics but of business - "that there is no Democratic or Republican way to clean the streets."
22 August 1962, New York Times, "Durable Campaigner: Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman, pg. 22:
"As La Guardia used to say, 'There's no Democratic or Republican way to sweep the streets.'"
27 May 1965, New York Times, pg. 39:
Quotation of the Day
"I'm running as Lindsay. As Fiorello La Guardia said, there is no Republican way or Democratic way to clean the streets."--Representative John V. Lindsay at a news conference in Washington.