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" Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my police officers on Park Avenue and none in Harlem, thousands and thousands more blacks would've been killed during the eight years that I was mayor. "

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" You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it. "

Rudy Giuliani

Change

Got

Honest

" The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves. "

" Bonuses balance my budget in New York City. The bigger the bonuses on Wall Street, the more money I had to spend on poor people. The New York City budget is determined greatly by the bonuses given on Wall Street. "

" Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. "

" We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society. "

" I have known Donald Trump for almost 30 years. And he has created and accomplished great things. But beyond that, this is a man with a big heart. "

" The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess you all call moderate Republicans. "

" Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and impartial. They shouldn't have people yelling and screaming. "

" There is a reality to the primary process, and you don't win primaries by being ahead in national polls. You win them by winning Iowa, by winning New Hampshire, by winning South Carolina, winning Florida. "

" There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design. "

" Every time New York City suffered a tragedy, Donald Trump was there to help. And he did it anonymously. "

" I am open and will continue to be open to ways to limit abortion. What I am not open to is to removing the right. "

" The worst situation with radiation escaping is if you are downwind from it. You could virtually be on one side and not affected by the radiation. If you're on the other side and you're downwind from it, you are going to be affected. "

" Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military history, much bigger than any in Vietnam or now. We didn't know that the Soviets were moving 400,000 or 500,000 troops. We missed it. "

" I don't invest in the stock market. I did it a long, long time ago when I was really young, and I got involved in all the investigations and all the prosecutions, and I felt it was better if I didn't make individual investments. So I'm invested in funds, but not in individual - not in individual stocks. "

" I've probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in New York City with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg, who was there for 12 years. "

" With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. "

" Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating. "

" When you're in a crisis of, you know, tremendous proportions, it's beyond any human capability to control, you just make the best decisions you can, and you just hope that your intuition is correct. "

" What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course it had an impact. But it's not the only reason I was successful. "

Rudy Giuliani

Recognition

New York

" You never begin a new life. It's a mistake to think that you end one part of your life and start another as if there's no continuity. "

" Schools exist in America and have always existed to train responsible citizens of the United States of America. If they don't do that, it's very hard to hold us together as a country, because it's shared values that hold us together. "

" In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future. "

" I'll tell you what makes me feel worthwhile: organizing and solving other people's problems. It makes me feel good to go to Mexico City and figure out theories on how you can reorganize and reduce crime. To me, it's one of the more fulfilling ways to spend a day. "

Rudy Giuliani

City

People

" I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships. "

" I think that taxes have to exist. They should exist at the lowest possible level, and to the extent that we can, we shouldn't invent more. Maybe that's my experience being mayor of New York City, where we had so many taxes. "

" So I think we're, we're, we're as broad a political party, if not broader than the Democratic Party, just in a different political spectrum. "

" I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist. "

Rudy Giuliani

Hoping

Sure

" Civilization must stand up and combat the current collapse of governance, the rise of violence, and the spread of chaos and fear in many parts of the world. "

Rudy Giuliani

World

Stand Up

" The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency. "