I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.

I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people.

We need to have more taxes, not less, and we need the taxes we have, certainly, to provide services - for defense and education and health care. We should not cut money here in order to cut taxes.

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

Look at the streets! The people have smiles on their faces, they're hustling and bustling and going places, they're well-dressed, there's lots of construction going on. It's kind of hard to feel sorry for an economy like this.

Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.

New York has been, and will continue to be, a magnet for people from all over the world. This is where the arts, business, research and technology converge to create the world's foremost urban economy.