While I was the mayor abortions in New York went down and adoptions went way up, because we worked on adoptions as an alternative, so that there'd be a real choice.

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

We had no domestic attacks under Bush.

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.

It is through imagination that we transcend understanding and travel into the world of possibilities.

In quietness we find inner peace.

The morals of societies are defined by how they treat a strange woman.

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

Like other ghosts, she whispers; not for me to join her, but so that, when I'm close enough, she can push me back into the world.

If you view your life as a piece of fabric or a tapestry, the photography is the stitching. It keeps everything together.

No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.

That's the only way I could describe the music. It was the sonic equivalent of flight