"You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper…"

"We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee…"

"So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, …"

"The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of th…"

"Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. N…"

"I hope people who should have known better then, understand now that Giuliani succeeding Dinkins was an outcome of si…"

"Individual rights have been recognized by our jurisprudence only after long and costly struggles. They should not be …"

"Common sense and justice dictate that a citizen accused of a crime should have the fullest hearing possible, plus the…"

"Experience demonstrates that in time of war individual liberties cannot always be entrusted safely to uncontrolled ad…"

"Criminal punishment for disobedience of an arbitrary and invalid order is objectionable regardless of whether the ord…"