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

Michael Bloomberg

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" I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them. "

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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 By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

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

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" I know something about how to build constituencies in an independent way. "

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" It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach. "

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" What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ours, and people own securities around the world in this day and age. "

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

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" 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

" 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

" This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed. "

Michael Bloomberg

" We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. "

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" You can't sit there and worry about everything. "

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

Michael Bloomberg

" You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

" The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. "

Michael Bloomberg

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. "

Michael Bloomberg

Believe In Yourself

" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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