Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he’s running against.
The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
I want to come back as me.
When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in ’77 in the general election. In ’81 I got 75%. In ’85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It’s a terrible position, and besides, it requires living in Albany, which is small-town life at its worst.
If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.
I’m confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I’m still in New York. Thank you, God.
However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions.
Don’t tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren’t difficult, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Have confidence in your decisions. Make them expeditiously, and stay with them as long as you believe you are correct no matter what others say. However, when you conclude you were in error, do not hesitate to announce the error publicly and change course.
Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
I’m just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
I’m coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I’ve done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I’m proud of what I’ve done.
I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
I have a social life. But I don’t discuss it.
Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It’s sterile. It’s nothing. It’s wasting your life.