In 1975, Congress passed a law requiring fuel efficiency standards to double over 10 years, with incremental targets that auto manufacturers were required to meet. That was the responsible approach, and it worked. But since 1985, we've done nothing - even as technology has moved at light speed.

You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world.

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.

There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

Buy what's deliverable, not what could be.

Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.