Raymond Kelly

“I'm a nice guy, but people want to kill me.”

“The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack - and we uphold the law in doing so.”

“I like music, a lot of different types of music.”

“I like Sicilian food. It's real peasant food.”

“It's dangerous to write people off just because they've been arrested.”

“I think, as a nation, we didn't learn our lessons from the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. We should have been more careful in a whole host of areas.”

“The stark reality is that crime happens in communities of color.”

“I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.”

“New Yorkers are real gritty and tough.”

“I don't stretch enough. I know I should do it more, and I'd like to do yoga, but I just don't have time.”

“David Cohen is without a doubt one of the best - if not the best - public servant I've ever encountered.”

“I don't think I've become arrogant. I'm pretty much the same person. I think the world has changed. I think I'm pretty consistent. Because you stick to what you believe does not make you arrogant.”

“For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.”

“In New York City we have the biggest police force in the country. We have 35,000 uniformed officers. We're able to mass officers in significant numbers if we had to.”

“A small number of people and groups control the Democratic primary.”

“As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.”

“If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.”

“Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.”

“The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result.”

“I think the American public can accept the fact if you tell them that every time you pick up the phone it's going to be recorded and it goes to the government. I think the public can understand that.”