I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.
New York is in my DNA.
I do fear God, but I will also tell you that when a doctor diagnoses you and the word 'cancer' comes out of his mouth, at that point, it changes your life and you do fear less and it also has allowed me to be a lot more open as a person. It's changed me.
The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.
This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.
The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.
My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.
Rudy Giuliani did some phenomenal things in the city if you think of the transformation of the city and the quality of life.
What was unique about me being in City Hall during the Giuliani Administration, I was the only one who wasn't an attorney. I may have been the only one who didn't work in a prosecutor's office. So I took a completely different point of view on how the city should be run. Very close to a business, very close on metrics and numbers.
I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.
There were 23 or 24 separate tax cuts during the Giuliani administration. I'd love to be able to equal that.
I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.
My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.
I am extremely respectful of the Jewish community. You know, I am Christian. I think of Jews as my older brothers. I mean, there wouldn't be Christianity without the Jewish religion. There is a direct connection between the two of them.
My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.
My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.
I would leave school every day and walk to my grandparents' house under the El because everyone worked. I was 6 and walking home alone from school. It was a different city and a different time.
I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.
Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.
I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.
