America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going to be.

I think it's a sign that the establishment is going to have to change. For too long they never thought about the average person, because the average person is not organized.

I don't have a problem with a woman being president; I just want the best candidate.

We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not.

We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.

Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.