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" We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them. "

Michael Bloomberg

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" We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001. "

Michael Bloomberg

" Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough! "

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" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" We will go forward... we will never go back. "

Michael Bloomberg

" My father worked all the time. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success. "

Michael Bloomberg

" People use so much more health care when they live longer. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

" Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" You can't depend on polls. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

" Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas. "

Michael Bloomberg

" The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When something's wrong, it's government's job to fix it, it must be government that's responsible for causing it. "

Michael Bloomberg

" There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions. "

Michael Bloomberg

" I mean, you know, we don't live in a perfect world. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg