This is not the colonial empire that somehow he has in his hand. I’ve never felt that from him. I felt that from [George] W [Bush]. I felt that from [Bill] Clinton. I felt that from every American president, including ones I disagreed with, including [Jimmy] Carter. I don’t feel that from President Obama.

A lot of the people that are poor take advantage of loopholes and pay no taxes.

I took over a city that had two riots in four years and I had none. And they knew they couldn't riot on me. And when I saw the people on the street in New York City, I said to myself, you're breaking Giuliani's rules. You don't take my streets. You can have my sidewalks, but you don't take my streets, because ambulances have to get through there, fire trucks have to get through there.

The nightmare of the Cold War was nuclear weapons in the hands of an irrational person. I don't want to live through that nightmare.

When [Donald Trump] talks about a rigged election, he's not talking about the fact that it's going to be rigged at the polls. What he's talking about is 80% to 85% of the media is against him.

St. Paul's Chapel stands - without so much as a broken window. Little miracle.

I've campaigned many, many times together with Senator McCain. He's campaigned for me; I've campaigned for him, good friend.