One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite. - Michael Bloomberg

If you want to get the best people to run for office, we've got to make the rules easier, and simpler, and more understandable to get on the ballot.

In response to criticism from Democratic mayoral candidates for appearing at a 2004 event for the Independence Party: "To all the critics who are rushing out to criticize me tonight, criticize me for being here tonight, let me point out that this night is about the one million New Yorkers who are denied the most basic rights by the two major political parties."

It's scary in this country, it's probably because of our bad educational system, but the percentage of people that believe in Creationalism is really scary for a country that's going to have to compete in the world where science and medicine require a better understanding.