And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.

Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished.

I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.

I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.