The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.

Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.

I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.

[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.