Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.
J. B. Pritzker
In the World Cup, people of many nations come together for a fierce competition. To field the best team, all the competitor nations know that they need to train their athletes for many years, starting as early as the first moments a child can recognize a soccer ball. No shortcuts. No late starts.
J. B. Pritzker
Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.
J. B. Pritzker
It’s important that we start conversations about changing the culture of sexual harassment and discrimination in politics, state capitols, and our larger communities with an acknowledgment of the courage of so many women who have chosen to speak up and speak out.
J. B. Pritzker
There’s a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood – that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.
J. B. Pritzker
Great success doesn’t come in short periods of time.
J. B. Pritzker
Small ideas won’t help Illinois’ future.
J. B. Pritzker
Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.
J. B. Pritzker
To end the pervasive culture of sexual harassment, it can no longer be the norm that men look the other way. It only ends when men actively participate in ending it.
J. B. Pritzker
Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative.
J. B. Pritzker
The key to America’s economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
J. B. Pritzker
My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
J. B. Pritzker
When you’re someone who cares about making a difference in the world, and you have resources to do that, you have literally hundreds of choices you could make about how to do that.
J. B. Pritzker
I’ve tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that’s an acknowledgment that all men need to make.
J. B. Pritzker
Illinois has the opportunity to lead the country in providing more affordable health care options to its citizens.
J. B. Pritzker
Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn’t performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
J. B. Pritzker
I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
J. B. Pritzker
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I’m making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
J. B. Pritzker
Let’s help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
J. B. Pritzker
Health care is a human right, and single-payer health care will deliver quality, affordable care to every Illinoisan.
J. B. Pritzker
You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don’t want too high of a valuation.
J. B. Pritzker
I’m proud to be part of the resistance.
J. B. Pritzker
There are not ‘many sides’ in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.
J. B. Pritzker
Trump is an anathema to America’s democracy and values.
J. B. Pritzker
Let’s remember that Bruce Rauner has every interest in getting stories out there that hurt Democrats.
J. B. Pritzker
Unfortunately, Bruce Rauner is more committed to playing politics than fighting for Illinois women and families.
J. B. Pritzker
Leadership means setting a moral tone.
J. B. Pritzker
There’s no doubt that there’s a public backlash against the way campaign money is raised, but I don’t think the only alternative is to elect people with money.
J. B. Pritzker
Trump is an anathema to America’s democracy and values.
J. B. Pritzker
Let’s remember that Bruce Rauner has every interest in getting stories out there that hurt Democrats.
J. B. Pritzker
Unfortunately, Bruce Rauner is more committed to playing politics than fighting for Illinois women and families.
J. B. Pritzker
The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one’s over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
J. B. Pritzker
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.
J. B. Pritzker
I’m running for governor because I think we need to change things in Illinois.
J. B. Pritzker
I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
J. B. Pritzker
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.
J. B. Pritzker
Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
J. B. Pritzker
By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
J. B. Pritzker
Whatever you build, you’re building for the family – not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.
J. B. Pritzker
None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was ’93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures.
J. B. Pritzker
When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
J. B. Pritzker
I’m involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
J. B. Pritzker
In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.
J. B. Pritzker
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.
J. B. Pritzker
Head Start has been a key component of health, nutrition and early learning opportunities since the 1960s.
J. B. Pritzker
By legitimizing Iran’s nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes the prospect for war more likely, not less.
J. B. Pritzker
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.
J. B. Pritzker
I am a lifelong Democrat.
J. B. Pritzker
ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
J. B. Pritzker
The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
J. B. Pritzker
It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise… that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
J. B. Pritzker
I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
J. B. Pritzker