Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.

I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.

I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.

What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ours, and people own securities around the world in this day and age.

Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but think of it this way: Every other anti-poverty program that’s been tried has failed to get the national poverty rate below 11 percent... Why shouldn’t we experiment with a program built around the one strategy that has proven time and again to work wonders – capitalism?

I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.

Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective.