Top quotes by Rudy Giuliani

We need to know who's in the United States. We need to know everyone who's in the United States that comes in here from a foreign country. And we have to separate the ones who are dangerous from the ones who aren't. To accomplish that, we need a fence. We need a technological fence. We need a border patrol. Votes: 26

There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers. Votes: 26

Courage is managing fear to accomplish what you want to accomplish. And it's a great demonstration of love. It's really what love is. It's finding areas in which other people are more important than you. Votes: 24

Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military history, much bigger than any in Vietnam or now. We didn't know that the Soviets were moving 400,000 or 500,000 troops. We missed it. Votes: 23

When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, 'I want you to emerge stronger from this.' My words were partially a hope and partially an observation that people in New York City handle big things better than little things. I could not be more proud of the way my city responded. Votes: 23

Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my police officers on Park Avenue and none in Harlem, thousands and thousands more blacks would've been killed during the eight years that I was mayor. Votes: 22

When I was mayor of New York, my views changed. I began as mayor of New York City thinking that I could reform the New York City school system. After two or three years, four years, I became an advocate of choice, of scholarships, and vouchers, and parental choice, because I thought that was the only way to really change the school system. Votes: 18

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college. Votes: 15

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. Votes: 14

In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader. Votes: 13

The worst situation with radiation escaping is if you are downwind from it. You could virtually be on one side and not affected by the radiation. If you're on the other side and you're downwind from it, you are going to be affected. Votes: 12

The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power. Votes: 12

The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves. Votes: 11

St. Paul's Chapel stands - without so much as a broken window. Little miracle. Votes: 11

Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating. Votes: 11

As Americans, we're not sure we share values. We're sometimes even afraid to use the word 'values.' We talk about teaching ethics in schools - people say, 'What ethics? Whose ethics? Maybe we can't.' And they confuse that with teaching of religion. Votes: 10

We don't have real control over death. You could die of a heart attack, a building could fall on you, you could be in an accident, you could have a fatal disease. So, how should you conduct your life? You just go ahead and live, taking reasonable precautions - like handling the mail more carefully. Votes: 10

The danger to a black child in America is not a white police officer. The danger is another black. Votes: 9

The only time the private parts of someone's life are relevant is when they're affecting public performance. And just because someone is a public person doesn't mean that any part of his or her private life is open to scrutiny. If someone is doing his or her job, you have to have enough empathy to understand that we all have personal problems. Votes: 9

I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist. Votes: 9

Civilization must stand up and combat the current collapse of governance, the rise of violence, and the spread of chaos and fear in many parts of the world. Votes: 8

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. Votes: 8

I'll tell you what makes me feel worthwhile: organizing and solving other people's problems. It makes me feel good to go to Mexico City and figure out theories on how you can reorganize and reduce crime. To me, it's one of the more fulfilling ways to spend a day. Votes: 8

I don't invest in the stock market. I did it a long, long time ago when I was really young, and I got involved in all the investigations and all the prosecutions, and I felt it was better if I didn't make individual investments. So I'm invested in funds, but not in individual - not in individual stocks. Votes: 7

In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don't think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that's all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire. Votes: 7

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy. Votes: 6

The reality is even if you are a hands-on Mayor or Governor or chief executive, at best, you must know about 10 or 20% of what's going on. Otherwise, you never get through the day... I was very hands on, and there's lots of stuff I didn't know, and lots of things that either went wrong or right that I would find out about afterwards. Votes: 5

So I think we're, we're, we're as broad a political party, if not broader than the Democratic Party, just in a different political spectrum. Votes: 5

I probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in the history of this city. And I did it by having to use police officers in black areas where there was an astounding amount of crime. If that crime was in white areas, police officers would be in white areas. Votes: 2

There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design. Votes: 2

I was pretty successful before Sept. 11 and fully expected that when I left being mayor I would be very successful. Votes: 0

Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people. Votes: 0

Bonuses balance my budget in New York City. The bigger the bonuses on Wall Street, the more money I had to spend on poor people. The New York City budget is determined greatly by the bonuses given on Wall Street. Votes: 0

I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships. Votes: 0

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do. Votes: 0

In an emergency, you rarely get one consistent piece of advice. You usually have two or three people with two or three different ideas. So you want to have your own set of thoughts. Votes: 0

I was the person, I think, who first said the evening of September 11 that we shouldn't hold this against the Arab community, the Muslim community. We should focus on the individuals and that groups that were involved and not participate in group blame. Votes: 0

I get through difficult situations by looking at how other people have gone through them. I say to myself, 'If they can go through it, then I can.' Or, If they can go through worse, I can go through whatever I'm going through. Votes: 0

You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself. It gets me in trouble when I say this, but I don't think of myself as a politician. I've always tried to be honest when communicating with people. Votes: 0

You never agree with any one candidate 100 percent. I don't agree with myself 100 percent. Votes: 0

While I was the mayor abortions in New York went down and adoptions went way up, because we worked on adoptions as an alternative, so that there'd be a real choice. Votes: 0

You can be a patriotic American and be a critic, but then you're not expressing that kind of love that we're used to from a president. Votes: 0

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. Votes: 0

Chief Justice Roberts is somebody I work with, somebody I admire, Justice Alito someone I knew when he was U.S. attorney, also admire. Votes: 0

The minute Putin went into Crimea, what Obama should have done is sent 50,000 troops to NATO. He didn't have to engage them, just send them. That puts the fear of God into people. Votes: 0

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime. Votes: 0

The way you get through tragedy is to look at the good things in life. Votes: 0

All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits. Votes: 0

Mexico has many more kidnappings than the United States. The U.S. has very few kidnappings.The reason is, in the United States, we don't pay ransom. We turn it over to the FBI. They catch the person. And then, of course, we used to have the death penalty for it. Now it's life in prison. In Mexico, everybody pays. It's a business... Votes: 0

If we take back the labor unions, the legitimate businesses, eventually they become just another street gang. Spiritually, psychologically, they've always been just a street gang. Votes: 0

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States. Votes: 0

To be locked into partisan politics doesn't permit you to think clearly. Votes: 0

I'm pro-choice. I'm pro-gay rights. Votes: 0

Did business with Qatar, a US ally which protects al-Qaeda. Votes: 0

More trade with Qatar & emirates is good against terrorism. Votes: 0

If you don't find a way to do something as work that is fulfilling and enjoyable, then your life is going to be really sad. Votes: 0

There can be people who feel one way about gay rights, another way about gay rights. There can be people who have different views on abortion. But we respect each other. I think we learn from each other. And we understand that ultimately we have the same values. Votes: 0

My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the first time - you're going to panic. That instead of panicking, just accept it. Stay calm. And any time anybody hits you, they always leave themselves open to be hit. Votes: 0

I think one of the biggest mistakes that America has made - and maybe the world because this is, sort of, the core of communism and socialism - is that you can have perfect solutions to social problems like poverty, like crime. You're not going to eliminate all crime. Maybe you'll never eliminate all poverty. Votes: 0

Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one. Votes: 0

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. Votes: 0

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic, and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom. Votes: 0

The city is going to survive, we are going to get through it, It's going to be very, very difficult time. I don't think we yet know the pain that we're going to feel when we find out who we lost, but the thing we have to focus on now is getting this city through this, and surviving and being stronger for it. Votes: 0

The number of casualties will be more than most of us can bear. Votes: 0

the sky's the limit for all Americans if we have the right kind of leadership. Votes: 0

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it. Votes: 0

When I became mayor of New York City, I had a $2.4 billion deficit. And everybody wanted me to raise taxes. I said, 'If I raise taxes, I'll drive people out of New York City, and then I'll be raising taxes again.' So what I did was I cut expenses by 15 percent. Votes: 0

When you're in a crisis of, you know, tremendous proportions, it's beyond any human capability to control, you just make the best decisions you can, and you just hope that your intuition is correct. Votes: 0

My view of Sarah Palin is she is the most dynamic figure maybe in politics, even more in some ways than President Obama, who is a little more scripted than she is. He is great with the teleprompter. Votes: 0

I was a Yankee fan in Brooklyn because my father was a Yankee fan. And my father was required to live in Brooklyn with my mothers family, who were all Dodger fans. So he was surrounded by Dodger fans. He was a Yankee fan. So his revenge was to make me a Yankee fan. Votes: 0

I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers. Votes: 0

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. Votes: 0

On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists. Votes: 0

I think to adequately manage a crisis, you have to see it. Because there's only so much somebody else can tell you about it, and they impose their own distortions on the description. You need to see it yourself. Votes: 0

When we faced a possibility here in New York of chemical and biological attack, three days after September 11, I called in all of the experts, academic experts, Nobel Prize laureates, and doctors who had dealt with anthrax, doctors who had dealt with various forms of chemical and biological attack. Votes: 0

My attempt is to try to broaden the base of the Republican Party, to try to bring in people that can agree and that can disagree on that, because I think the issues that we face about terrorism, about our economy, about the growth of our economy are so important that we have to have the biggest outreach possible. Votes: 0

Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and impartial. They shouldn't have people yelling and screaming. Votes: 0

The most important lesson my dad taught me was how to manage fear. Early on, he taught me that in a time of emergency, you've got to become deliberately calm. Votes: 0

In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future. Votes: 0

There is a reality to the primary process, and you don't win primaries by being ahead in national polls. You win them by winning Iowa, by winning New Hampshire, by winning South Carolina, winning Florida. Votes: 0

I was a Yankee fan in Brooklyn because my father was a Yankee fan. And my father was required to live in Brooklyn with my mother's family, who were all Dodger fans. So he was surrounded by Dodger fans. He was a Yankee fan. So his revenge was to make me a Yankee fan. Votes: 0

One of the lessons from Sept. 11 is that America requires a long-term presence in those parts of the world that endanger us. This notion has become controversial, but frankly, the need could not be clearer. Votes: 0

What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course it had an impact. But it's not the only reason I was successful. Votes: 0

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society. Votes: 0

Now we understand much more clearly. why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America. It's called freedom. Votes: 0

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it. Votes: 0

...if I can do it, it's not art. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] can do it [build the wall] by executive order by just re-programming money within the within the Immigration Service. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] can say hey, did she [Hillary Clinton] short-circuit when she reset the relationship with [Vladimir] Putin and now Russia is, according to "The New York Times" article today, Russia is in control in Syria? Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] has a pretty sizable electoral map win, much more than anybody thought. Votes: 0

[Hillary Clinton] poses as a feminist, and she's taken money from countries that stone women, kill women, have women . . . Votes: 0

[Vladimir] Putin took a look at them [Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama] and said, I can push these guys around the world. These are children compared to me. Donald Trump is not a child. Votes: 0

A leader must not let critics set the agenda. Votes: 0

A lot of the people that are poor take advantage of loopholes and pay no taxes. Votes: 0

A woman who pretends to be a feminist shouldn't be taking money from countries where women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery, where women can't drive, Hillary Clinton's taken hundreds of millions of dollars from those countries. Votes: 0

After - after she [Hillary Clinton] called him [Donald Trump] a racist and misogynist, a xenophobic, I don't know, schizophrenic, and I don't know what else she called him at the end of that debate, I think it's fair - it's fair game. Votes: 0

All I do is see all these incidents of [Hillary Clinton's] coughing all the time. I don't know what it is. Votes: 0

All the same stuff that happened to [Bob] McDonnell , and McDonnell got prosecuted. And he [Tim Kaine] is sitting there free and - just like Hillary [Clinton]. Votes: 0

Although I have to leave you as mayor soon, I resume the much more honorable title of citizen of New York, and citizen of the United States. Votes: 0

America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. There's nothing like America. Votes: 0

And if you have a law that isn't working, and you have thousands and thousands and millions of people, then the terrorists hide among them. And we have to have a law that makes sense. Votes: 0

And it's a little - very humbling to think that running for president of the United States is - for a kid from Brooklyn, it's quite a step. Votes: 0

And then in the FBI report it says that Hillary Clinton can't remember her exit interview from the FBI because of her concussion because she didn't have a memory. But she was acting as secretary of state at the time which means we had a secretary of state who was acting who doesn't have a memory of what she was doing. Votes: 0

As a lawyer, I hate to use the "on the one hand, but the other". Votes: 0

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. ... History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse. Votes: 0

Being mayor of New York was a crisis a week and an emergency every other day. Votes: 0

Being part of the campaign, we put up front in all of Donald Trump's speeches for the last two or three weeks not the FBI but ObamaCare. That seems to me to be the thing that moved the votes in Michigan, that moved the votes in places where we otherwise Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. Votes: 0

Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That's anti-American and it's racist. Votes: 0

Compassion doesn't weaken leadership, it makes it stronger. Votes: 0

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway. Votes: 0

Did [Hillary Clinton] short-circuit when she advocated for the overthrow of [Muamar] Gaddafi and Libya is now an Islamic State stranglehold? Votes: 0

Didn't vet Bernard Kerik sufficiently for DHS recommendation. Votes: 0

Disagrees with neocon adviser on immediate need to bomb Iran. Votes: 0

Donald Trump believes now that Barack Obama was born in the United States. But that issue was raised originally by Hillary Clinton's campaign. Votes: 0

Donald Trump has told me that he is proud of the fact that he finally got [Barack] Obama to produce his birth certificate. Votes: 0

Donald Trump is going to lower taxes, Hillary Clinton's going to raise taxes. He's going to add to our military, she's going to decrease our military. He's going to support the police at a time in which we've had the biggest increase in crime in the last 41 years. He's going to take on radical Islamic terrorism. Votes: 0

Donald Trump is going to take our Army up to 6,000. And Obama and Hillary are going to take it down to 4,200. He is going to take our Marine Corps from 23 battalions to 35 battalions. And he's going to reestablish and modernize our nuclear program. Votes: 0

Donald Trump knows how to use leverage in negotiations. Votes: 0

First of all, she [Hillary Clinton] is going to raise taxes on the middle class. I actually think that's the only truthful thing she's said in about three weeks. Votes: 0

First thing you have to do is say to yourself what can I bring to it, what can I do and how can I make the country better? How can I improve it? Votes: 0

Five years from the date of the attack that changed our world, we've come back to remember the valor of those we lost-those who innocently went to work that day and the brave souls who went in after them. We have also come to be ever mindful of the courage of those who grieve for them, and the light that still lives in their hearts. Votes: 0

Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Votes: 0

God bless every soul that we lost. God bless the families who have to endure that loss, and God guide us to our reunion in heaven, and God bless the United States of America. Votes: 0

God help this country if we're now prepared to vote for someone we don't trust. But every election cycle we do things we never dreamed of. Votes: 0

Great men have big failures. Votes: 0

He [Donald Trump] is the one who got him [Barack Obama] to finally produce the birth certificate. Hillary Clinton's campaign first raised this issue. He picked this up from Hillary Clinton. Votes: 0

He [Vladimir Putin] will not be able to push Donald Trump around the world. Believe me. Votes: 0

He changed his position on virtually everything. I'm a moderate Republican, that's what I am, so I'd be inclined to support someone like Mitt Romney. But all those changes give me pause. Votes: 0

Here's why nuclear defense makes sense. And I know something about this. A missile can take an airplane out of the air. A better missile can take a missile out of the air. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, never being in business, never really negotiating, give away for nothing things they shouldn't give away. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton has an entire media empire that constantly demonizes Donald Trump, fails to point out several signs of illness by her. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton has no understanding of the economy at all. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton skated because she's running for president. She clearly violated the law. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton's been the worst violator of cyber security so far in the history of the United States. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton's exposed more of our top secret documents than any Secretary of State in history. Votes: 0

I always felt, and I still feel, that the media doesn't belong in a public official's private life. It's a very difficult balance, because if you are elected to public office, people have a right to know a great deal about you, and the press has an absolute obligation to report all of that. But the reality is that there are times in which the reporting is really happening for almost voyeuristic reasons, in the gossip columns. Maybe half of it is wrong, and half of it is correct, and a lot of it is exaggerated. You've just got to get used to that if you're in public life. Votes: 0

I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases. Votes: 0

I am open and will continue to be open to ways to limit abortion. What I am not open to is to removing the right. Votes: 0

I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing. Votes: 0

I believe education in music, theater, dance, and the visual arts... is part of a well-rounded education and can provide so much joy, now and in the future. Votes: 0

I believe in a woman's right to choose. Votes: 0

I certainly have the energy, and there's probably nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me. Votes: 0

I confirm that and Donald Trump now confirms that [President Barack Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States]. Votes: 0

I do have to ask the following: I feel very bad about that [spate of incidents, racially-charged incidents, across the country ]. Votes: 0

I do think you have sort of a general philosophical approach that you want from a justice, and I think a strict constructionist would be probably the way I'd describe it. Votes: 0

I don't feel like I'm running against them, I feel like I'm running to try to show the American people what I can do and what I can accomplish. Votes: 0

I don't know, maybe she [Hillary Clinton] short-circuited when she wiped out 35,000 emails. Votes: 0

I don't think a woman [Hillary Clinton] who has revealed numerous classified information, doesn't know that the letter "C" means confidential. Votes: 0

I don't think anyone has campaigned much more than I have for Republican candidates, going back to 1998. I mean, I've been in 45 states on behalf of 200 candidates - all Republicans. Votes: 0

I even believe [Donald Trump] won a little after - after the election rethinking, I think if we'd spent a little more time in Minnesota, we would've won Minnesota. Votes: 0

I find it a lot more concerning to me that Hillary Clinton was extremely careless in the handling of national security information, not just one or two, but thousands and thousands of pieces of national security information. Votes: 0

I guess the next Attorney General is going to have to figure that out. I don't know if that will be me or not, but the next Attorney General would have to figure that out [ if Hillary Clinton has violated the law]. Votes: 0

I have eight times online since January [2016] in which Hillary Clinton has had massive coughing fits in which she couldn't complete her speech. I've seen her lifted onto airplanes. And I don't know what's wrong with her. Votes: 0

I have no objection to the concept of domestic partnership. Votes: 0

I have seen her [Hillary Clinton] in several other situations where she didn't look healthy. Votes: 0

I haven't seen it. I don't really need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11th. Votes: 0

I intend to work with President [Donald] Trump on those issues where he will, in fact, work for the middle class and working families in this country. I will vigorously oppose him if he appeals to racism or sexism. Votes: 0

I know both Secretary [Hillary] Clinton and President [Barack] Obama were very gracious and I respect that a lot in the way they handled it the day after, two days after. But I wish they would says something about it too. Because after all, these are supporters of President Obama and Hillary Clinton and maybe they could say something about this. Really not the right thing in the democracy. Votes: 0

I know the bottom of the Justice Department, and I know the top. Votes: 0

I listen a little to the Democrats, and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We will wave the white flag on Iraq. We will cut back on the Patriot Act, electronic surveillance, interrogation and we will be back to our pre-September 11 attitude of defense. Votes: 0

I lived through crises. September 11 is obviously the biggest one that I've lived through. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I mean, [Donald Trump] won by a sizable margin. Votes: 0

I remember a case where I was associate attorney general where 720 dead people voted in Chicago in the 1982 election. I remember in my own election about 60 dead people voted. So I can't sit here and tell you that they don't cheat. Votes: 0

I see a comparison between the two [Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump]. Peace through strength. What Chris Matthews don't grasp is that day Donald Trump gave a speech in which he said he's going to build the U.S. military up to Ronald Reagan levels. Votes: 0

I see in the FBI 302, which was put out on Memorial Day weekend in print about this big where you needed to use a magnifying glass to read it, but I read it twice, I saw something that really concerned me.It said Hillary Clinton can't remember her exit interview from the CIA because she had no memory for a period of time after she had a concussion. She was secretary of state when she had no memory. Now there's something really seriously wrong with it. Votes: 0

I support security at the borders. I think security is enormously important in the post-September 11th period. I think we have to know who's coming into this country. We have to be able to identify them; we have to be able to figure out who they are. Votes: 0

I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in House and Senate, and I think he probably has maybe 20 percent of the Democratic vote for it. So he could get it done with a bipartisan majority. Votes: 0

I think abortion is something that, as a personal matter, I would advise somebody against. Votes: 0

I think Donald Trump's reaching out and supporting John McCain and Kelly Ayotte in particular, and Paul Ryan, who had been critical of him, you know, a couple of days earlier, shows that he has the ability and the understanding to realize that there are going to be disagreements and you've got to be able to reach out to the entire party. Votes: 0

I think her comments - Hillary's [Clinton] comments just don't get the same attention that Trump's do. For example, she lied to a Gold Star mother. She lied to pre - Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, who - who was killed at Benghazi, I believe, because of her incompetence, her incompetence in failing to secure that mission. Votes: 0

I think people are exaggerating the fears of a Donald Trump presidency because they're coming off a campaign where they're very disappointed. Votes: 0

I think people do have their own minds. Votes: 0

I think people thought that if [Donald Trump] won, he'd win by one state the way that President [George W.] Bush did. Votes: 0

I think that sometimes the most intelligent things that prosecutors do is when they exercise their discretion not to go forward with a case. Votes: 0

I think that's one of the major overriding issues of the day, to deal with frivolous lawsuits. I think it creates a tremendous burden on our economy, a tremendous burden on health care, it creates all of this medicine, which is good medicine. It would be one of the most important things we could do. It, also would help the economy. A tremendous amount of money is taken out of our economy and a tremendous that is created by these frivolous lawsuits. Votes: 0

I think the accusations are about Hillary Clinton taking money from countries that kill women. Votes: 0

I think these debates coming up are going to be a test of who the American people like better, who they want in their living room more, who they think is better capable of being president of the United States. Votes: 0

I think we understand people frustration. We certainly don't want to make it worse. Votes: 0

I think what Donald Trump is reflecting is - and I know the media always discounts this because you don't like to get criticized. But you don't treat us the same way that you treat Democrats. Hillary [Clinton], Bill [Clinton], [Barack] Obama , they get the benefit of the doubt. Votes: 0

I think, for the good of the country and the fact that you don't want a question coming up every time there's a decision made, [Donald Trump] should basically take himself out of it and just be a passive participant in the sense that he has no decision-making, no involvement and no decisions get made separate from him. Which is the way the way it's done for more Cabinet offices. Or I think all Cabinet offices. Votes: 0

I thought there were the day before when Hillary Clinton coughed for about, I don't know, 15 minutes and then coughed on the airplane and then spit something up. I don't know what's wrong with her but they kind of hide her . Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms. Votes: 0

I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us. Votes: 0

I was always responsible for everything in my campaign. Votes: 0

I was an assistant U.S. attorney. I was the associate attorney general of the United States, third-ranking official under Ronald Reagan. Votes: 0

I was in one a couple of days ago where they saw me in the car and they started banging, banging on my car. I 'm not sure these are even Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama supporters. I think these people are, you know, kind of like professional protesters more. Votes: 0

I was in the Justice Department for three years. I remember my entry briefing by the CIA. I can tell the date of it. I remember my exit interview from the CIA. And I remember that "C" in parentheses meant confidential. Votes: 0

I was surprised at how angry Hillary Clinton was last night.I don't know whether she's not - whether she's sick or she's not. I do know that there are 14, 15 videos of her that show her in very, very strange condition. I don't know what it is. Votes: 0

I would appoint judges that interpreted the Constitution rather than invented it, understood the difference between being a judge and being a legislator. Votes: 0

I would ask [protesters] to please respect - I'd ask them to please respect the democratic process. Votes: 0

I'd rather have a genius like Donald Trump running America than someone like Hillary Clinton. Votes: 0

If [Donald] Trump had said something like I'm going to raise taxes on the middle class, it would be all over the news. You would be questioning his sanity. Votes: 0

If somebody's going to earn citizenship, with whatever other hurdles are put in the way, at the end of the road they should be able to speak English, they should be able to read English, they should have some knowledge of American history, Votes: 0

If there's no other alternative, I support civilian trials for terrorists. Votes: 0

If those were Donald Trump people doing that after a Hillary Clinton election, I think a lot of people be - a lot of that - there would be a lot more anger in the media at the fact that they're protesting a legitimately decided election. Votes: 0

If we build our military up to Ronald Reagan levels, [Vladimir] Putin's not going to push us anywhere because he can't match us. Votes: 0

If we were building our navy, rather than reducing our navy to pre-World War I levels, China would not be thinking about increasing its navy to take over the South China Sea. Votes: 0

If you read history, right, if you read [Mikhail] Gorbachev's memoirs, Gorbachev memoirs said the key thing in winning the Cold War was our insistence on nuclear defense, because they knew they couldn't match us. Votes: 0

I'm a former federal prosecutor, a former associate attorney general. If I had done that, I'd have been prosecuted. It's a clear violation of 18 United States Code Section 791.What [Hillary Clinton] did were criminal acts. She has displayed the facts. Votes: 0

I'm going to make a guess, not a definitive statement, I would think if you had to make a decision like that [ completed the e-mail investigation on Hillary Clinton], you'd give it - you'd give that to an independent counsel. You wouldn't make it as the appointee of the new president. Votes: 0

I'm looking for a president that'll be like a Ronald Reagan to a Jimmy Carter. Votes: 0

I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people. Votes: 0

I'm probably one of the four or five best known Americans in the world. Votes: 0

I'm sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans. Votes: 0

I'm sure our supporters would have been very disappointed had Donald Trump not won. And I just hope it calms down. Votes: 0

I'm the only one of the republican candidates who's actually turned an economy around and turned it around with the with kind of pro-growth principles that we're talking about for America. Votes: 0

Immigrants are exactly what America needs. They're what we need economically, and I think they're what we need morally... [They] revitalize America and get it back to its sense of confidence... All of these immigrants that come here help us with the work they do, they challenge us with new ideas and new perspectives, and they give us perspective... Votes: 0

Immigrants to America help us with the work they do. They challenge us with new ideas, and they give us perspective. This is still the nation that more people around the world want to come to than any place else. That has to tell us something about ourselves. If around the world this is the place people want to come to so much, maybe there's more here than many of us realize-and that many of us can take advantage of. Votes: 0

In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it. Votes: 0

In America, we do cheat. We have people who cheat in elections. Votes: 0

Instead of talking about the fact that Hillary Clinton violated about 40 federal laws we are talking about this [that this president's Barack Obama is legitimately elected president of the United States and you say your candidate agrees with you]. It is ridiculous. Votes: 0

It is in times of crisis that good leaders emerge. Votes: 0

It wouldn't quite be fair to say September 11, like, made my career. Votes: 0

It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote public ignorance. Votes: 0

It's part of the Constitution. People have the right to bear arms. Then the restrictions of it have to be reasonable and sensible. You can't just remove that right. You've got to regulate, consistent with the Second Amendment. Votes: 0

It's the way Hillary Clinton goes on the attack and tries to hurt victims of sexual predations. I mean, she's the one who says that victims should be taken seriously. Votes: 0

I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases. Votes: 0

I've campaigned many, many times together with Senator McCain. He's campaigned for me; I've campaigned for him, good friend. Votes: 0

I've never ever attacked someone who's been the victim who's been the victim of sexual abuse. Not only that, I've put people in jail who've been the victim of sexual abuse. Votes: 0

I've never seen a guy change his position so many times, so fast, on a dime. Votes: 0

Keep pressure on Iran, because pressure works. Votes: 0

Let's talk about the next president being someone who would be prosecuted if she wasn't a [Hillary] Clinton, because I would have prosecuted her. And I have seen plenty of people prosecuted for much less, like Martha Stewart. Votes: 0

Life needs penalties and rewards for people. You can't control people with only penalties. You have to think how to create rewards. Votes: 0

Like, for example, way back then,[George W.] Bush could have passed immigration reform, just like [Barack] Obama could have when he first came in. And both of them passed on it, so now they leave it for now. Votes: 0

Look what the American people did with the comprehensive immigration bill. That was all lined up to get past and the American people spoke and then many members of Congress who were in favor of it changed their mind. Votes: 0

Many reasonable prosecutors have come to the conclusion that they would have brought such a case [that Hillary Clinton was extremely careless in the handling of national security information]. I would have brought such a case and I would have won such a case. And I've prosecuted cases like that in my years in the Justice Department. Votes: 0

Maybe the Clinton chapter is over now. They've brought enough disgrace to America, the presidency, and the state department. They corrupted the Justice Department. Votes: 0

My advice would be that once [Donald Trump] enters office, there should be a separation, a blind trust or some kind of blind trust. Votes: 0

My advice would be the same advice that I gave President [George W.] Bush when he won in '04, and, kind of, wasn't followed. I think you go with the things you know you can pass. Votes: 0

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.' Votes: 0

My major focus is national security because that's really what the president runs. Votes: 0

My real issue is that the woman [Hillary Clinton] exposed thousands and thousands of classified documents, which, if I exposed one of them when I was in the Justice Department, they would have put me in jail. That's what I know. Votes: 0

No magic formula can completely prepare us for crises in life. However, each choice we make now will impact how we handle those crises in the future. Make your choice count. Dedicate time each day to developing your character. If you do, courage will be there when you need it most. Votes: 0

No matter who you are, if you have a $30 operating loss, you can carry it forward to the next year. And poor people do take advantage of that, also. Votes: 0

No time limit in Iraq; stay until we achieve stability. Votes: 0

Not from my point of view....[Clinton] want[s] to move toward mandated government medicine, socialized medicine. Votes: 0

Now [after election] where it goes into violence, I have a zero tolerance for riots. Votes: 0

Now, do I think the tax code should be simplified? Absolutely. Will Donald Trump do away with things like this? He probably is better positioned than anyone to figure out how to do away with it, because he understands the tax code better than anyone else. Votes: 0

Now, people have a hard time understanding how taxes work. Votes: 0

Obviously murder and graffiti are two vastly different crimes. But they are part of the same continuum, and a climate that tolerates one is more likely to tolerate the other. Votes: 0

On the one hand, you don't want to disrupt the nation with what might look like a vindictive prosecution, even though it might not be. On the other hand, you want equal justice under the law and if [Hillary Clinton] has violated the law - you know, the FBI never completed the Foundation investigation. That's, as far as I know, that's still an ongoing investigation. They completed the e-mail investigation, but not the Foundation investigation. Votes: 0

One can look at John McCain and say that he's not ready to be commander-in-chief. Votes: 0

Partial-birth abortion, I think that's going to be upheld. I think that ban is going to be upheld. I think it should be. And I think, as long as there's provision for the life of the mother, then that's something that should be done. Votes: 0

People die when you crowd the streets of New York City with protesters. You can do plenty of protesting on the sidewalk. Votes: 0

People have a right to protest; they have a right to make their opinion. They can be very upset about what they consider to be a murder of a person in custody, but you cannot destroy property. First person does it goes to jail. Votes: 0

Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it. Votes: 0

Rick Perry I have a great fondness for. And what Rick Perry has, like Jeb Bush has, it will be interesting to compare their two records as governor, very close, great economic development, low taxes, all the things we want domestically out of a president. Votes: 0

Ronald Reagan is going to go into negotiations with [Vladimir] Putin from a position of strength. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama gave up the game on day one when they reset the relationship with Russia and they gave up the nuclear defense of Poland and the Czech Republic. Votes: 0

She [Hillary Clinton] was extremely careless with handling national security information.If she were just an ordinary person, she would be denied a top security clearance because she has proved in her past acts that she is extremely careless in handling national security information. Votes: 0

She said she thought it [ letter "C"] meant alphabetical order. But nobody bothered to ask did she ever see an "A," a "B," a "D," or an "E." If I were cross-examining her I darn well would have asked her that question. Votes: 0

Six percent, 5 percent of our GDP for him [Vladimir Putin] to match us, he has to spend 25 percent of his GDP and it will bankrupt his country. Votes: 0

Some of the hardest-working and most productive people in this city are undocumented aliens. If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city. You're somebody that we want to protect, and we want you to get out from under what is often a life of being like a fugitive, which is really unfair. Votes: 0

Talk and action are two different things. Votes: 0

Thank God we're safe. What I anticipated on Sept. 11 was that we would be attacked many times between then and now, and we haven't been. Votes: 0

That was a sarcastic remark pointing out that Bill Clinton has, quite a past, and Hillary Clinton has done quite a job on attacking the people who were victims of Bill Clinton. Votes: 0

The best way to contain China and make it the peaceful rise of China is for us to have an enormously robust navy that is the greatest navy in the world, that can patrol two oceans, that can fight two or three wars, and China will not challenge us because the Chinese are practical. Votes: 0

The blue states we were able to turn red and basically haven't been red since Ronald Reagan. I think ObamaCare was the bigger hit. Votes: 0

The Constitution of the United States doesn't change the powers of the president based on the number by which you get elected. Votes: 0

The house in Chappaqua is up for sale, ... and you can get it for a bargain on Wednesday. Votes: 0

The largest tax reduction in American history, one page tax form, reducing government spending. Those are all the keys to economic progress. Votes: 0

The most visible symbol in New York is the spirit of a free people. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The past is what we have to learn about how to direct America to the future. Votes: 0

The point is Hillary Clinton's campaign is the first one to do it [asking about Barack Obama legitimity] because all she does is engage in negative campaigning against Barack Obama and against Donald Trump. Votes: 0

The reality is Donald Trump's a genius. Votes: 0

The reality is that Qatar is an ally of the United States. There are a significant number of American troops that are stationed in Qatar. What we did for them and do for them is security for their facilities. Votes: 0

The reality is the most important thing that can be done are these permanent changes like to the tax code, reduction of government spending. These are the things that pop up in economy and move it in the right direction, start to make it an economy that is moving because of the money in the private economy. When you think about it, when the Fed is lowering an interest rate, what it's doing is it's creating more liquidity. It's putting more money into the economy. The same thing happens when you reduce the tax except if happens from physical policy. Votes: 0

The reality is you've got to be yourself. You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it. Votes: 0

The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess you all call moderate Republicans. Votes: 0

The Republican Party would be well advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms. Votes: 0

The thoughts I express, whether clearly or ambiguously, are my own and they are my individual responsibility. Votes: 0

The wall is going to to take a while. Obviously [Donald Trump] is going to build it.It's a campaign promise; he's not going to break a campaign promise. Votes: 0

There are a few places, and not many in the swing states, there are a few places where they have been notorious for stealing votes: Pennsylvania, Chicago, places where a lot of cheating have gone on over the years. Votes: 0

There are very few situations where Republicans cheat. They don't control the inner cities the way Democrats do. Maybe if Republicans controlled the inner cities they would cheat as much as Democrats. Votes: 0

There's never any guarantee at war. Votes: 0

They have actually approved a wall to certain portions of the border that hasn't even been built yet. So you could take a year building that out with what has been approved. Votes: 0

This guy [Donald Trump] is not going to get pushed around. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Vote for the candidate you believe would be the best candidate. That's the way it should work. Votes: 0

We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom. Votes: 0

We are technologically ahead of Russia and China. We can develop a nuclear shield for the United States, for Poland, and for the Czech Republic. Russia is deadly frightened of that. They have been trying to get us to give that up for 20 years since [Ronald] Reagan. Votes: 0

We can't accommodate terrorism. When someone uses the slaughter of innocent people to advance a so-called political cause, at that point the political cause becomes immoral and unjust and they should be eliminated from any serious discussion, any serious debate. Votes: 0

We don't all agree on everything. I don't agree with myself on everything. Votes: 0

We had no domestic attacks under Bush, Votes: 0

We have a lot of precedence for that; we've done that in the past. Or maybe that you want to sort of put that behind you. I don't know, that's - that's a tough decision [ seeking a special prosecutor for Hillary Clinton]. Votes: 0

We have to be on offense against terrorists, that we have to make it bipartisan, that it isn't about being a Democrat or a Republican. It's about being an American. Votes: 0

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society Votes: 0

We want everyone to prepare themselves for the reality that we are not going to be able to recover significant numbers of people. Votes: 0

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. Votes: 0

Whatever I want to be, I'll discuss with the president-elect [Donald Trump], because that's the best way to do it, not to create more rumors. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When I ran for mayor of New York City, the first time, some people voted eight and ten times. And second time I had firefighters and police officers outside checking on the buses so we take down the number of the bus, the bus had voted ten times, and wouldn't let the bus vote again. Votes: 0

When I run a business, and I run a business, if I don't take advantage of the five deductions that are available to me, even if you think those deductions are unfair, then I've violated my fiduciary duty. Votes: 0

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them. Votes: 0

When President-elect [Donald] Trump wants to take on these issue, when his goal is to increase the economic security of middle class families, then count me in. Votes: 0

When you look at the New York Times and you pick it up in the morning, at the top of the paper there's three stories that are anti-Trump. Some of them baseless, some of them silly. And at the bottom you get something about WikiLeaks. Same thing with The Washington Post. Way out of control. Votes: 0

When you say black lives matter, that's inherently racist. Votes: 0

Why you won an election and why you didn't is a subject of, you know, books that get written 20 years later. Votes: 0

You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election for your party. Votes: 0

You gather a certain number of people around you but, you know, they look - they look - they didn't look to me like people who were, you know, carefully studying political science and were all upset about the ideology of the election. Votes: 0

You have the same mandate whether it's a close result or - you're the President of the United States, you have to act like the President of the United States. You're the person in charge. You have to set the agenda. That's how you get yourself reelected by a much bigger number, if you want to get reelected. And that's the way you govern the country. Votes: 0

You have to be willing - you have strong ideas, you have strong views, but you have to be willing also to look at experience. Votes: 0

You know, in the horror movie you kill the monster, and the hand re-emerges. And if you're not looking, the hand grows back and then the monster's there again. That cannot be allowed to happen. Votes: 0

You never agree with any one candidate 100 percent. I don't agree with myself 100 percent. You don't even agree with me 100 percent. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You've got to teach your children to be respectful to the police and you've got to teach your children that the real danger to them is not the police, the real danger to them 99 out of 100 times, 9,900 out of 1,000 times are other black kids who are going to kill them. Votes: 0