Michael Bloomberg Quotes - Page 7

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• Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that as much if not more than anybody else after the terrible tragedy of 9/11.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Dangerous World, People, Tragedy

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• We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Party, Believe, Independent

  "CBS Evening News", "Campaign '08" segment,, June 20, 2007.

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• Organizing around a common interest is a fundamental part of democracy. We should no more try to take away the right of individuals to collectively bargain than we should try to take away the right to a secret ballot.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Secret, Democracy, Trying

  "Limit Pay, Not Unions". www.nytimes.com. February 27, 2011.

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• We need our president to be successful because our futures are all tied to the success of America, which means America's government, which means, in essence, the president.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Mean, Successful, Essence

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• In science, a path that turns out to be a dead end is very useful because you don't devote resources to focusing on that; you go elsewheres.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Path, Dead Ends, Resources

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 25, 2011.

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• Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Children, School

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• When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Kids, Helping Others, Thinking

  Interview with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 16, 2012.

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• The fact is, the most painful and tragic lesson of the 20th century was that regimes based on racial superiority and religious hatred can't be trusted to keep their word to the international community.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Religious, Racism, Community

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• We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Thinking, Common Sense, Energy

  "Bloomberg Calls for National Energy Reforms" by Ray Rivera, www.nytimes.com. May 12, 2007.

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• Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Entrepreneur, Planning, Mao

  Michael Bloomberg, Matthew Winkler (1997). “Bloomberg by Bloomberg”, Wiley

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• I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true... That would let the terrorists win. That's what they want us to do.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Winning, Thinking, Want

  "Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will 'Have to Change' After Boston Bombing" by Jill Colvin, observer.com. April 22, 2013.

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• Five years have come, and five years have gone, and still we stand together as one. We come back to this place to remember the heartbreaking anniversary - and each person who died here - those known and unknown to us, whose absence is always with us.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Heart, Years, September 11

  "America Marks 5-Year Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, Attacks". www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2006.

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• It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Fun, Empty, Stomach

  "Police and protesters square off" by Steve Almasy, www.cnn.com. August 27, 2004.

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• The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Oil, Russian Economy, Way

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Army, Doe

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• The press really is not doing its job of holding their [the candidates'] feet to the fire. ... The tough questions are not what are you in favor of, but how are you going to get it through Congress?

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Fire, Tough Questions

  "Bloomberg: U.S. 'Is in Trouble'" by Josh Gerstein, www.nysun.com. June 19, 2007.

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• Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Men, Dysfunction

  Michael Bloomberg's State of the City Address, www.gothamgazette.com. January 17, 2007.

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• Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Party, Coffee, Today

  "How Would Bloomberg Alter '08 Landscape?". Interview with Jim Axelrod, www.cbsnews.com. June 20, 2007.

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• We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Cities, America, Crime

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• We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Reason, Should, Threat

  "NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama - US politics live" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 01, 2012.

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• Millions of Americans have contributed to building a stronger Israel; I've been proud to be one of them. Last year, I went to Jerusalem to help dedicate in my father's name a new MDA medical facility which treats people of all faiths and all nationalities absolutely equally.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Father, Israel, Years

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• Government is dysfunctional.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Government

  "Pols Seek Middle Way in Oklahoma". "The Bryant Park Project" with Alison Stewart, Daniel Holloway, www.npr.org. January 8, 2008.

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• The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When something's wrong, it's government's job to fix it, it must be government that's responsible for causing it.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Government, House

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.

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• I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough!

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Cities, Trying

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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

  America, Decision, Would Be

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