The fight has just begun We've had a taste of our own power. For a few years we saw that we could and did count for something. We like the feeling and we are afraid we're going to lose it. Harold Washington is gone. Every great leader someday leaves the people.
Real leaders prepare the people to carry on.
We, the people of Chicago, are more prepared, more alert than ever before. We can thank Harold for re-establishing our sense of worth and dignity. We can and must carry on. That is what Harold Washington is all about. Those of us who intend to carry on must hold close to the lessons we have learned.