I firmly believe that to represent New York in the Senate you really need to have a great deal of knowledge about our state ... You have to love it -- and you have to have demonstrated that over a long period of time, |
I have a number of friends who died at the World Trade Center, so I feel personally involved in it, ... The mourning and grief and sorry that emanates from that attack is not over by any means, and maybe will never be over. |
I have got a lot of places to go and a lot of people to talk to and a long process of figuring out whether it makes sense to run for President in 2008. I don't know the answer to that yet. |
I know it's hard to say this, but you've got to keep saying it, that is to relax and deal with it, |
I know that this is a very painful and difficult process, ... We just have to begin this process, and we thought the best way to do it is to just leave it up to the families. |
I think I'll return to politics. I have some political visions. I don't know what they are yet, they're a little foggy. |
I think the Vietnam memorial captured in a brilliant way what needed to be captured about Vietnam, and to this day has stood the test of time, ... It has in a way captured the difficulty of Vietnam, the historical significance of it, the ordeal of it, and the individual sacrifice involved. |
I think they want real candidates who really tell people what they think, and are actually willing to lose rather than distort their position, |
I understand. I agree with his decision that he had to drop out, |
I want to say that I was very humbled and very moved by the selection by Time magazine, |
I'll tell you his record -- attempted robbery, robbery, assault, disorderly conduct, sale of drugs, and punching someone during a transaction involving the sale of drugs, |
I'm a human being; I have my limitations, ... I tried very hard to do this job 100 percent. I devoted myself to it. |
I've also been mayor in a city that's five to one Democrats over Republicans. And I think I've been able to accomplish as much as any other mayor in the city, some people believe a lot more, |
If people had stayed in their apartments, we might have come away without serious injuries, |
If you know that your husband or father or relative was working there, and you've come to terms with the idea that they're dead and they're not going to be recovered, then you can make the choice -- and it's your choice -- to apply for the death certificate, |