“If you want to cut crime, protect the environment, lift Americans up, ...” — Marty Walsh Quote

If you want to cut crime, protect the environment, lift Americans up, leave no one behind, build a more perfect union, then look to the city of hopes and hearts. Look to the city of courage and champions. At a time when cities must lead, look to Boston, the leader of cities.

I have no problem representing the entire city of Boston. Some neighborhoods have greater challenges and obstacles than others, and I look forward to those challenges and obstacles.

The people that are out there saying on social media, being racist towards the Chinatown community and Chinese people in general, I'm asking you to stop. Enough with that hate mongering.

I've always supported legislation for a woman's right to choose. And as mayor - I ran as an open, pro-choice candidate for mayor. If I ran for any higher office, I'm pro-choice.

I really, honest to God, didn't know what to read until I was out of college and living in Boston, and someone said, 'Well, why don't you read Hemingway?' And I thought, 'OK. I guess I'll try this Hemingway fellow.'

Sometimes I'm in Boston or Washington or Chicago and think I'm in Jamaica because I hear more reggae on the radio in these places than in Kingston!

I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

I interned at NBC News and had a great experience there in both New York City and Washington. After graduating, I got an entry-level production job at PBS in Boston. There, I developed the bug for programming and production.