Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.

The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.

My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.