“True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.”
― Betsy Hodges
“As we are pursuing economic growth and economic development, we have to make sure it happens with and by and for everyone. That everyone gets opportunity.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Done right, precision can help clarify, plus it’s fun.”
― Betsy Hodges
“A tailor is a person’s best friend as far as I’m concerned, because you can take things that fit OK or look OK, and if you get them tailored, they can be fabulous.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Part of what makes Minneapolis such a vibrant place to live and work is that we have active residents of all ages.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Donald Trump is out to destroy people’s lives, and he’s trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we’ve got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I find that if I don’t have enough physical activity in life, I don’t do as well with anything else in my life. It’s stress relief; it’s good health. It’s fun. It’s alone time, for the most part.”
― Betsy Hodges
“We can only have true public safety with public trust.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Transit builds a city that people choose to live in.”
― Betsy Hodges
“We need to be able to live in the city without a car; we need to be able to get around. The transit system has to be strong and work for everyone.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Rightly or wrongly, as a woman in politics, you’re being judged for what you’re wearing, and people are paying attention to that more than they do with men.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Prince was a child of our city, and his love of his hometown permeated many of his songs. Our pride in his accomplishments permeates our love of Minneapolis.”
― Betsy Hodges
“What’s not fascinating about ‘Wonder Woman?’ She’s powerful. She’s strong. She gets her strength from other women. She kicks butt in the world. You know, she’s bulletproof, which is appealing. But she also has the Lasso of Truth. That’s the thing I would want most, that Lasso of Truth. Because in politics, it would be very handy.”
― Betsy Hodges
“We must shout out from the rooftops that Minneapolis is the best place on Earth.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I have the greatest respect for Chief Harteau. I was a very firm supporter of hers when her nomination was brought forward, and I think that her goals and values are in line with mine when it comes to the Police Department.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Since I’m a Minnesotan, that bragging thing is a little hard.”
― Betsy Hodges
“The nexus of Donald Trump’s hateful behaviors and policies around Muslim people and immigrants comes together right here in Minneapolis. I knew immediately that the people I represent were going to be very, very scared and very, very worried for their safety.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Donald Trump has his Twitter account, but so do I, and so do millions and millions of Americans. So the way that we can organize around that is different than what we had in the past, and we can use that tool for good, not just for evil.”
― Betsy Hodges
“When Donald Trump comes after any part of our community, he’ll find 419,000 Minneapolitans and me standing squarely in his way. That’s the kind of wall I can support.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I pray and meditate first thing in the morning.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I journal at the end of every day and just keep track of how things are going.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I have people I talk to on a regular basis about what’s going on in my life, what am I struggling with, and where my faith is at.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Politics is challenging for everyone’s integrity… I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with the person I wake up with. If I string together too many days of waking up with a person I’m not happy to be, I have a lot bigger things at stake in my life than an election or a job.”
― Betsy Hodges
“People work hard for their money, and they expect services for the dollars they put into the city.”
― Betsy Hodges
“When people are thriving, the city is thriving.”
― Betsy Hodges
“For me, governing starts with people. It doesn’t start with bureaucracy. It doesn’t start with policy. It starts with people and what people need to thrive.”
― Betsy Hodges
“For the residents of Minneapolis, the loss of Prince is too large to describe. His music brought untold joy to people all over the world. But in Minneapolis, it is different. It is harder here.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the ‘Purple Rain’ soundtrack – and many times since.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.”
― Betsy Hodges
“The world has a truly historic pope in Francis.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I don’t have cable. I don’t have a DVR.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I lift weights. It’s one of the reasons I get up so early.”
― Betsy Hodges
“My first and foremost consideration is the safety of the people of the city of Minneapolis. And my first and foremost consideration is making sure that people can also express their constitutional rights peaceably.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I am very aware that I married up, and I’m lucky for it every day.”
― Betsy Hodges
“As mayor, I’m charged with a big-picture agenda.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I’m a little obsessed with lip balm. When I go to a new place, I’ll find the locally made natural lip balms and buy them as my little memento.”
― Betsy Hodges
“As mayor in an executive position, I have to dress more like an executive, which has been delightful.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Together we are bigger than the sum of our parts.”
― Betsy Hodges
“When we are all together, we will have a future that is far greater than whatever we could do separate from one another.”
― Betsy Hodges
“When Trump’s cronies are the people attacking you, you know you’ve done something right.”
― Betsy Hodges
“If Donald Trump wants to harm cities and the people who call them home, he’ll have to come through me.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Being deliberate in decisionmaking isn’t always flashy, but it does get results.”
― Betsy Hodges
“How we live our lives in the Western world has impacts on the rest of the world.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.”
― Betsy Hodges
“My mother’s first career was physical therapy, her second was writer, and her third career was president of an organic fertilizer company. And she’s driven a tank.”
― Betsy Hodges
“If we’re going to make a city everybody can live in for a lifetime, we need to make sure we are building and growing for everybody.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I’m a Democrat.”
― Betsy Hodges
“There are some folks at the teacher’s union who aren’t big fans of mine, in part, because I have been open and want to make sure everybody is sitting at the table as we talk about education.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Too often when we talk about racial or economic justice, we white people do not see ourselves in the picture. We feel like it’s all well and good for other people to do better, but not at our expense, and it won’t benefit us.”
― Betsy Hodges
“We stand with our Muslim community as President Trump singles them out for attack and unfairly-targeted policy.”
― Betsy Hodges
“What does it mean to have a mayor who has an organizing background? It means I have allies and partners on whom I can call for advice – and that are also holding my feet to the fire already.”
― Betsy Hodges
“What I like to do is have an opportunity to talk with people in neighborhoods and answer their questions one-on-one. I think it’s one of the places I have greatest strength.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Physical development fosters learning.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Philosophically, I don’t believe in public funding for private sports.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I actually don’t believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Every marathon starts with that first mile. But somewhere around mile 16 or 18 – trust me on this – your feet are killing you, you’re not sure you can breathe anymore, your mind is frazzled, your body wracked with pain, and all you want to do is stop.”
― Betsy Hodges
“In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.”
― Betsy Hodges
“Everybody is happier living in a mixed-income neighborhood.”
― Betsy Hodges
“I think our cities’ deteriorating infrastructure is a silent crisis.”
― Betsy Hodges
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