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" Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective. "

Michael Bloomberg

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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. "

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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. "

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

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

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" We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not. "

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

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" Capitalism works. "

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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

" The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress. "

Michael Bloomberg

" These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run. "

Michael Bloomberg

" I have the best job I could possibly have. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

" 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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" We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

Michael Bloomberg

" You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world. "

Michael Bloomberg

" This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable; it's not morally right; it's just not going to happen. "

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

" Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for. "

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

" 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

" The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change. "

Michael Bloomberg

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

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" No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. "

Michael Bloomberg

" Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? "

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

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