I think that most of the candidates [for presidency] can't run the railroad, and I still worry that whoever gets elected will have policies designed for political rather than practical reasons.

Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States.

The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.

No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.

The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

We have an energy policy - we're transferring our wealth to overseas to a bunch of countries that don't have the same values as us. In some cases, they're using our money to finance terrorism against us.