 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. |
| We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason. |
| The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget. |
| This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed. |
| We will go forward... we will never go back. |
| And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. |
| Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective. |
| We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. |
| It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach. |
| We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. |
| I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge. |
| When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society. |
| No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. |
| I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. |
| It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror. |
| We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world. |
| You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world. |
| These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run. |
| We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high. |
| Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for. |
