Pete Buttigieg : (11)

" In ‘Palaces for the People,’ Eric Klinenberg offers a new perspective on what people and places have to do with each other, by looking at the social side of our physical spaces. " - Pete Buttigieg

" By the way, conversely, one thing I’ve learned in my career, beginning when I ran for mayor, is that a lot of older voters are among the most excited about a younger candidate. So, you know, I think somebody of any age can deliver a compelling message. " - Pete Buttigieg

" A lot of these so-called left positions are actually centrist by the standards of the American people, just not by members of the American Congress. " - Pete Buttigieg

" Things are changing tectonically in our country, and we can’t just keep doing what we’ve been doing. " - Pete Buttigieg

" The most moving responses I got to my coming out in the first place was people, like teenagers, letting me know that it made their lives easier in some way. " - Pete Buttigieg

" The greatest nation in the world should not have much to fear from a family, especially children, fleeing violence. More importantly, children fleeing violence ought to have nothing to fear from the greatest country in the world. " - Pete Buttigieg

" I don’t have to go on a tour to find out what’s happening in middle America. I just go to Target. " - Pete Buttigieg

" The background of a mayor of a city of any size is a background of somebody who on one hand is an executive and on the other hand is very close to the ground. " - Pete Buttigieg

" We need to intentionally invest in health, in home ownership, in entrepreneurship, in access to democracy, in economic empowerment. If we don’t do these things, we shouldn’t be surprised that racial inequality persists because inequalities compound. " - Pete Buttigieg

" As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have some view of the pathway. You don’t have to have it all figured out, but you have to have a pathway there. " - Pete Buttigieg