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.

When we are all together, we will have a future that is far greater than whatever we could do separate from one another.

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.

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.

I don't have cable. I don't have a DVR.

True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

We stand with our Muslim community as President Trump singles them out for attack and unfairly-targeted policy.

Being deliberate in decisionmaking isn't always flashy, but it does get results.

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

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.

I am very aware that I married up, and I'm lucky for it every day.

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.

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.

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

When Trump's cronies are the people attacking you, you know you've done something right.

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

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.

When people are thriving, the city is thriving.

Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.

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.

Done right, precision can help clarify, plus it's fun.

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.

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.

As mayor, I'm charged with a big-picture agenda.

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.