J. B. Pritzker Quotes

J. B. Pritzker

Profession : Businessman

Birth : January 19, 1965

I'm a progressive.

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I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.

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I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.

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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.

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I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.

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My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.

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The fact that my father set out on his own to build Hyatt - a business the family was not in and a business he was learning about as he was building it - is instructive.

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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.

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Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.

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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

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Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.

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To me, the special parts of the day - and also the ones that fit with a full-time job - are bedtime and wake-up time. So I try really hard to be there for my kids as many of those nights and mornings as I can.

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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.

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I do periodically ride a bus with my kids.

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I am who I am.

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Great law schools like Northwestern are here to expand the minds of their students, to allow them to achieve their personal goals, to enable them to contribute, to give back in ways that they could not without the education they receive here, and to help them make the greatest country in the world just a little more accessible, a little fairer.

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We like to invest in market leaders.

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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.

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Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.

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The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.

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