Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.

Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.

Keep in mind, Mike Bloomberg's kids and grandkids are breathing that air just like the coalminers' families are breathing that air. And the coalminers are the ones that have the conflict. They want their jobs, I understand that. They need to be able to feed their families. They also have to worry about their health and the health of their families.

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.

Nobody should ever mistake and think that our country [USA] is weakened, or that authority is diffuse and unspecified, and that we are vulnerable.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.