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“It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.”
“Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.”
“I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.”
“There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.”
“I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.”
“Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective.”
“I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.”
“This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable; it's not morally right; it's just not going to happen.”
“We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.”
“I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.”
“Government is dysfunctional.”
“And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.”
“There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.”
“The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States.”
“We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them.”
“Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.”
“We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.”
“On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, 'What God do you pray to?' What beliefs do you hold?'”
“And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is.”
“We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not.”