Neither party has God on its side, a monopoly on good ideas, or a lock on any single fiscal, social, or moral philosophy.

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.

I'd love to have a president who really was out there leading and traveling around the world campaigning for joint climate change action. Even the Chinese government is trying to get people to stop polluting. And I think the federal government level in China is acting more responsibly than the American government.

We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

Government is dysfunctional.

I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work hard and you do good, you get paid well.

Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.