Ruben Diaz Sr.

“I do like Donald Trump. He's like me, making enemies everywhere he goes.”

“I have my own demons, but I assure you that they are not about a corrupt mind abusing the trust and confidence that my constituents have placed in me.”

“Nobody wants to admit it, but they send the worst teachers to The Bronx.”

“In Puerto Rico there is an old adage that goes something like this: 'The thief believes that, like himself, everyone else is also a thief.' I'd like to add that the corrupted person and all of the corrupted journalists all see corruption around them. In their corrupt minds, they have an inability to see any of the good in another person.”

“I am with Obama, yes.”

“I promise that I will no longer use the word 'homosexual.'”

“The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say, but that's their right.”

“I don't believe in gay marriage, but that doesn't mean I hate people.”

“I'm not gonna rat my people out!”

“I am not a saint, and neither do I claim to walk on water.”

“The object of the Gay Games is not competition, but to promote gay and lesbian life styles.”

“In America, abortionist believe that a fetus and an embryo are not a life.”

“I am not only a State Senator but I am a pastor, a minister, and the President of an organization comprised of more than 150 Pentecostal ministers throughout the City and State of New York. I am the one who preaches the Word of God every Sunday.”

“People can't take me for granted.”

“I know my positions hurt him. In his political future it hurts him. I worry that my son will have to pay for the sin of his father. I will not change my belief, but it hurts like crazy.”

“You do things against the word of God, you have no fear. You're going to do things that are going to make shame of you and your family.”

“There are some people who, when they fall in love or feel envious, may easily feel rejected. Any real or perceived rejection could bring them to the edge of absurdity. Sometimes they even become liars.”

“I have a homosexual in my staff, I have a homosexual in my family, I have a lesbian in my family, my lawyer is gay with a husband. So what does that say about me?”

“I'm not surprised for the arrest of anybody. Because I know people who don't fear God, that's going to happen.”

“In America, we are selling fetal tissue to be used in: the manufacture of cosmetics as well as for medical research.”