No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear.
— Michael Bloomberg
We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them.
Because of my success in the private sector, I had the chance to run America's largest city for 12 years, governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy.
I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true... That would let the terrorists win. That's what they want us to do.
I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.
If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.
My father worked all the time.
You can't sit there and worry about everything.
I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.
Progress really is possible.
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.
We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.
I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.
I'd be happy to provide advice if anybody asked me no matter who the President is.
I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I think they should see the doctor.
You know, if it's a three-way race, the public has more choice than if it's a two-way race, and has more choice in a two-way race than a one-way race.
America is the greatest country on Earth - and when people vote with their feet, they come here.
We can only solve our biggest problems if we come together and embrace the freedoms that our Founding Fathers established right here in Philadelphia, which permitted our ancestors to create the great American exceptionalism that all of us now enjoy.
When the Founding Fathers arrived here in Philadelphia to forge a new nation, they didn't come as Democrats or Republicans or to nominate a presidential candidate. They came as patriots who feared party politics.
Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that as much if not more than anybody else after the terrible tragedy of 9/11.
I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough!
Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.
The level of analysis that is done when you see laws created, whether it's the city or state or federal level - it's much more horse-trading than analysis.
I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.
Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry.
There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.
Unemployment in America today is too high. And part of the reason, unfortunately, is that many companies cannot fill the high-skilled jobs increasingly at risk of going overseas.
China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.
You can't depend on polls.
I know something about how to build constituencies in an independent way.
Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.
To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.
Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all.
I understand the appeal of a businessman president. But Trump's business plan is a disaster in the making.
Today, as an independent, an entrepreneur, and a former mayor, I believe we need a president who is a problem solver, not a bomb thrower. Someone who can bring members of Congress together to get things done. And I know Hillary Clinton can do that because I saw it firsthand.
I've been a Democrat, I've been a Republican, and I eventually became an independent because I don't believe either party has a monopoly on good ideas or strong leadership.
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.
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 be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring.
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 believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.
I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.
Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.
I mean, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.
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.
When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.
What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?
America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.
Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.
