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

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.

I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

Don't think that I'm - I'd- I'm infallible. Will always make mistakes.

Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all.

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen.