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• Keep in mind, Mike Bloomberg's kids and grandkids are breathing that air just like the coalminers' families are breathing that air. And the coalminers are the ones that have the conflict. They want their jobs, I understand that. They need to be able to feed their families. They also have to worry about their health and the health of their families.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Kids, Worry, Mind

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Dream, Native American, Cities

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• Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Air, Water, Tree

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• Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Daughter, Mother, New York

  "Scorsese producing Statue of Liberty film". www.cnn.com. November 25, 2003.

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• Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Cutting, Republican, Spending

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, votesmart.org. August 1, 2010.

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• The main claim to fame, I think, of Bernie Sanders - who I've never met; I'm sure he's a pleasant guy - [is that] he's certainly not stupid.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Stupid, Thinking, Guy

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to have to find a way to get on the agenda.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Thinking, Long, Agendas

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 12, 2010.

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• We have an expression in New York City government - "In God we trust, but for everyone else, bring data." It's so easy to pick up a sound byte and say, "Oh, yeah, yeah, I believe that," without really thinking.

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Believe, Thinking

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

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• I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Independent, Funny Graduation, Principles

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• I like what I see when I look in the mirror. If I get sentimental, I look and say, "Uh. It's a bad day. They beat up on me," this, that, and the other thing. But ya know? We've spent one billion trying to convince people to not smoke. It's been phenomenally successful. We've probably saved millions of lives. There aren't many people that have done that. So, you know, when I get to heaven, I'm not sure I'm gonna stand for an interview. I'm going right in.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Bad Day, Successful, People

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Change, Success, Business

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• We will go forward... we will never go back.

  Michael Bloomberg

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• I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Daughter, Country, Cities

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

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• I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Believe, Proud, Judaism

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• Most gun dealers follow the law and run honest businesses. But the statistics show that 1 percent of dealers sell more than half of all illegal guns. Why isn't the federal government going after them? Here's one reason: unlike mayors, members of Congress don't get a phone call in the middle of the night when a cop is shot and killed. They don't deliver the eulogies.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Running, Night, Gun

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• When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Smile, Couple, Sleep

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• You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Bridges, Looks, Gone

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

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• Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Party, Reading, College

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• We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Health, Cities, Cost

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• Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Government, Purpose, Should

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• What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of its own borders.

  Michael Bloomberg

  America, People, Decision

  The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. April 25, 2011.

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• I think fully, that an independent candidate can't win in this country. The Constitution is structured for basically a two-party government, a two-party race.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Country, Independent, Winning

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think it's a sign that the establishment is going to have to change. For too long they never thought about the average person, because the average person is not organized.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Thinking, Average, Long

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• We need to have more taxes, not less, and we need the taxes we have, certainly, to provide services - for defense and education and health care. We should not cut money here in order to cut taxes.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Cutting, Care, Health Care

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Partisanship may be King in Washington - but the rest of us don't have to pay tribute.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Kings, May, Pay

  Michael Bloomberg's Opening Address at Ceasefire Bridging the Political Divide Conference, annenberg.usc.edu. June 20, 2007.

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