Francis X. Suarez

“When you go to the mayor's office and you want something done, then that person should have the authority to do it for you. And if the person can't do it for you, then you should have the ability to hold that person responsible.”

“Miami has always been a city of booms and busts.”

“For people who invest in bitcoin, the allure is precisely that: It's not backed by a central government. So it's not manipulatable by central government.”

“Our city has already become the testing ground for innovations that will define the future.”

“People want to be in a place where government is receptive and supportive of them. They want people to feel grateful for what they do in the community and in creating high-paying jobs, and they may not be getting that in the places where they've traditionally been.”

“Invest more in policing, not less.”

“Each and every life that has fled communism has proven how the will to pursue democracy and freedom, even in the face of oppression, can never be suppressed or silenced.”

“When residents elect a mayor, they expect the mayor to be able to solve their problems. They expect, when they go see the mayor, the mayor to be able to take care of things. But what they don't understand is that the mayor is not in charge.”

“I think, more than anything, Bitcoin presents an opportunity.”

“I'm a very impatient person.”

“You always worry about the devaluation of the dollar, but the devaluation of the dollar is based oftentimes on what the government decides to do.”

“Coronavirus has shown us how much we depend on one another.”

“Gentrification is real.”

“My job as a mayor is to look 10, 15, 20 years into the future and think not just about my generation, but about my children's generation and my unborn grandchildren and think - what is the kind of economy that they're going to to inherit and what are we doing today to prepare ourselves for that?”

“We want to make sure that nobody has an advantage over us based on laws that are easily changeable.”

“We need to put our people first by building and investing in a workplace development pipeline.”

“When China shuts down Bitcoin mining or Bitcoin generally, that's a huge strategic opportunity for the United States and that's something that we as cities should all partake in.”

“All the Cuban government wants to do - and all it's demonstrated to the world - is that they want a repressive, authoritarian control; a Communist dictatorship to continue in the island. So anything that we do to try to help the island ultimately becomes fuel for them to repress their citizens.”

“Every city in America and in the world should be trying to grow its technology ecosystem, period. Especially if they care about their children and their grandchildren.”

“Now, with Covid, I've realized that the entirety of government can be virtual. You can get to a point where you never have to walk into a government building again.”