If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

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.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life, and people do not wish to waste their lives once they've seen New York! This rural American thing - I'm telling you, it's a joke.

Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.