After all, the same steps that reduce carbon pollution also clean the air we breathe, which saves lives and reduces disease.

I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough!

We will go forward... we will never go back.

We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that.

You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China.

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

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.