Michael Bloomberg
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“Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“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 By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it’s so outdated.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country’s success.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It’s not politically viable it’s not morally right it’s just not going to happen.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“When I came into office, people said, ‘Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?’ Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It’s not an issue.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That’s life. And it’s part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance…
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“Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?” -Michael Bloomberg
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“Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can’t control.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary’s. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“Yes, they broke the law, but we can’t deport them. Let’s get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it – they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“I’ve got the greatest job in the world. There’s no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people’s lives. It’s a great challenge.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“Government shouldn’t tell you whom to marry.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.” -Michael Bloomberg
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“I’m trying to change the culture in New York City that’s hard enough!” -Michael Bloomberg
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“There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.” -Michael Bloomberg
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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. – Michael Bloomberg
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