In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.

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.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.

Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked - whether it be their home country or a stopover point - at the expense of the airline that brought them? All appeals would then be made from the country to which they have been returned.

I want to come back as me.