"No Republican or Democratic way to clean the streets" (1934)

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Fiorello La Guardia surely said this, but the first citation below is from Samuel Seabury.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)

1,500 BACK SEABURY ON ECONOMY BILL; Long Island Episcopal Laymen Send Demand to Steingut for End of Opposition. BISHOP PROPOSES ACTION Stires Breaks Precedent After Fusion Leader Appeals for Support for LaGuardia.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Feb 23, 1934. p. 2 (1 page) :
He (Samuel Seabury--ed.) expressed the belief, however, that the public had begun to realize that the administration of city government was not a matter of partisan politics but of business--"that there is no Democratic or Republican way to clean the streets."


Durable Campaigner; Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 22, 1962. p. 22 (1 page) :
"As La Guardia used to say, "There's no Democratic or Republican way to sweep the streets."


Quotation of the Day
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 27, 1965. p. 39 (1 page) :
"I'm running as Lindsay. As Fiorello La Guardia said, there is no Republican way or Democratic Way to clean the streets."--Representative John V. Lindsay at a news conference in Washington.


(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)

   Sheboygan Press Thursday, May 27, 1965 Sheboygan, Wisconsin
...is no REPUBLICAN WAY or Democratic WAY TO CLEAN THE STREETS. mountainous.....years Ody AND I have been friends, THE REPUBLICAN party comes from THE botTOm..

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   Newark Advocate Thursday, June 03, 1965 Newark, Ohio
...is no REPUBLICAN WAY or Democratic WAY TO CLEAN THE STREETS." That is so.....be mayor of New York. As a Progressive REPUBLICAN, he knew THE obstacles TO..

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   Great Bend Daily Tribune Thursday, May 27, 1965 Great Bend, Kansas
...is no REPUBLICAN WAY or Democratic WAY TO CLEAN THE STREETS." Pioneer.....Tilonka. Iowa on August 29th. NEW YORK REPUBLICAN Rep. John V. Lindsay saying..

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   Syracuse Herald Journal Sunday, July 03, 1966 Syracuse, New York
...is no REPUBLICAN or Democratic WAY TO CLEAN THE STREETS'1 AND carries his.....THE conclusion that THEre is only one WAY TO protect THE lives of American AND..


(JSTOR)

Ambition in Israel: A Comparative Extension of Theory and Data
Gerald M. Pomper
The Western Political Quarterly > Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec., 1975), pp. 712-732

Pg. 726:
The cliche that "there is no Republican or Democratic way to clean the streets" may not be applicable in America, but it is more true that "there is no Labor or Likus way to carry out policy determined in Kerusalem."