Gavin Newsom Quotes
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If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.
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Do what you think is right, because one damn thing is an absolute, certainly: We come and go. Politicians are a dime a dozen.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.
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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
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We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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My mother - it's not one of those waxing-poetic kind of things - she literally worked two or three jobs most of her life. So I personally experienced that, even though I had these great friends and associations who had unlimited amounts of money. That juxtaposition was an interesting one.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.