Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.

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• Michael Bloomberg:

  It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.

• Michael Bloomberg:

  The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.

• Michael Bloomberg:

  We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world.

• Michael Bloomberg:

  We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.

• Michael Bloomberg:

  You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world.

• Michael Bloomberg:

  No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.

• Michael Bloomberg:

  We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reaso

• Michael Bloomberg:

  Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our obj

• Michael Bloomberg:

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

• Michael Bloomberg:

  And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always