Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.

You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can.

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks.

Israel has always been and must always be America's strongest ally.

Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.

My father couldn't speak English when he went to the first grade and I had to work in a factory over Christmas and summer vacations. And I think that's the American way and one of the things that excites me about this race is that pretty much everything I've done I've started at the bottom and been able to finish at the top.

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics.