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.
Michael BloombergIn our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't.
Michael BloombergAmerica is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.
Michael BloombergThere's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.
Michael Bloomberg