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" 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. "
America
People
Who
" America is the greatest country on Earth - and when people vote with their feet, they come here. "
America
Vote
People
" And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. "
New York
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
" 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. "
Sorry
Think
You
" 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. "
Job
Together
Family
" And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that. "
Need
You
Hands
" 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. "
America
Run
City
" Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card. "
Country
Think
People
" Capitalism works. "
Capitalism
Works
" 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. "
Want
Because
China
" Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin. "
Believe
I Believe
Rights
" Government is dysfunctional. "
Dysfunctional
Government
" Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry. "
Government
Whom
Tell
" I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. "
I Am
Know
Lucky
" I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one. "
Believe
Proud
I Believe
" 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. "
Continue
Go
Duty
" I'd be happy to provide advice if anybody asked me no matter who the President is. "
Who
Matter
Be Happy
" 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. "
Time
Technology
You
" 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. "
Worse
Proud
Know
" I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom. "
Your
Freedom
Certain
" 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. "
City
Blame
Hurricane
" If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes. "
Tax
Country
Money
" 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. "
Money
Legacy
Fight
" I have the best job I could possibly have. "
Possibly
Job
Could
" I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day. "
Know
Day
Decisions
" I know something about how to build constituencies in an independent way. "
Way
Something
Build
" I mean, you know, we don't live in a perfect world. "
Mean
Perfect
Live
" I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how. "
Run
How
President
" I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough! "
New York
City
Culture
" I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them. "
Them
Somebody
Question
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