Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That's anti-American and it's racist.

I lowered taxes in New York. I reduced the size of government in New York. I took a $2.4 billion deficit and turned it into a $3.2 billion surplus. And I reduced taxes over 23 times or 23 times.

First thing you have to do is say to yourself what can I bring to it, what can I do that's different or - and how can I make the country better? How can I improve it?

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

As a lawyer, I hate to use the "on the one hand, but the other".

You want to do tax reductions, you want to do permanent tax reduction, reductions in spending. You've got to go out and explain it to the people, get them on your side and have them become the levers that you need in congressional relations.

I know the bottom of the Justice Department, and I know the top.