Michael Nutter
Michael Nutter
Michael Anthony Nutteris an American politician who was the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia. Elected on November 6, 2007, he was reelected to a second term on November 8, 2011. He is a previous member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 4th district and had served as the 52nd Ward Democratic Leader until 1990. Mayor Nutter also served as the President of the United States Conference of Mayors from June 2012 to June 2013. He received an honorary doctorate in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 June 1957
CountryUnited States of America
Michael Nutter quotes about
A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.
I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.
Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.
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.
If you walk into somebody's office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won't hire you? They don't hire you 'cause you look like you're crazy!
[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.
Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.
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.
I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.
We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.
There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.
We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.
To succeed in big-city politics requires a powerful, motivating vision of a better world, a plan to get there, a willingness to meet constituents on their terms, and a tough political skin.