Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.

Nobody wants a job where they don't have authority to go along with the responsibility. Quite the contrary. The more authority you give people, the better people you can attract, and the harder they're going to work, and the more loyal they are going to be.

The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.

I'm worried about the world because of nuclear proliferation.

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going to be.

Look at all of the great strengths of America: entrepreneurialship, work ethic, natural resources, a democracy, a transparency, a willingness to be critical. Around the world, they look at us, and they say, "Why are you criticizing yourself? Why are you people arguing during the political process to elect a president or somebody else?" That's the great strength of this country.