My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.

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.

This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.

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

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

I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.