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" Capitalism works. "

Michael Bloomberg

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" Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate. "

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" I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day. "

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" You can't depend on polls. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how. "

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" To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. "

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" We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason. "

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" The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States. "

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" Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control. "

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" You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy. "

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" 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. "

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" We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president? "

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" Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry. "

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" We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply. "

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