People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.

Government should steer, not row.

I was the first one in my family to go to college.

I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.

My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Quid quo pro - you cant get something from nothing .

Take bold decisions. Don’t let doubts fumble decisions in your mind and make you confused over them. Pursue what you are convinced to do

There is a rest that comes when you live out of your sound. Silence is no longer something to be avoided. It signifies a soul at rest.

It seems to me that my lack of faith is not, as I once thought, a triumph of the rational mind, but rather a failure of the imagination - an inability to tolerate mistery.

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There arent a whole lot of manuals for that.

The private sector is creating a miracle a day, even as the stuff that government attempts is failing left and right.

I recently assured Public Sector Banks they will have total autonomy in taking business decisions.

Why have I so little control? It is the case of much waste and pain in my life.

The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.