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Rudy Giuliani recalls the terrible memories of September 11th and says we must prepare for a reality that may not recover many lives. He stresses the need for honesty about oneself, points out that some poor people avoid taxes through loopholes, and highlights the spirit of a free New York.

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The most visible symbol in New York is the spirit of a free people.

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In America, we do cheat. We have people who cheat in elections.

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Now, people have a hard time understanding how taxes work.

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I think people do have their own minds.

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I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people.

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I'm sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans.

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We want everyone to prepare themselves for the reality that we are not going to be able to recover significant numbers of…

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Life needs penalties and rewards for people. You can't control people with only penalties. You have to think how to create rewards.

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You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got…

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I think we understand people frustration. We certainly don't want to make it worse.

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No matter who you are, if you have a $30 operating loss, you can carry it forward to the next year. And…

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It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people,…

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Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority.

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We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society

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Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and…

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I've never ever attacked someone who's been the victim who's been the victim of sexual abuse. Not only that, I've put people…

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As mayor, I used to always feel the important thing is that people respect me, not love me - but it is…

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Courage is managing fear to accomplish what you want to accomplish. And it's a great demonstration of love. It's really what love…

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Bonuses balance my budget in New York City. The bigger the bonuses on Wall Street, the more money I had to spend…

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I'll tell you what makes me feel worthwhile: organizing and solving other people's problems. It makes me feel good to go to…

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The reality is you've got to be yourself. You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people.…

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You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself.…

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I always felt, and I still feel, that the media doesn't belong in a public official's private life. It's a very difficult…

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When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, 'I want…

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The astronauts put their lives at risk to help other people. There's a strength of belief in a person like that that…

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Some of the hardest-working and most productive people in this city are undocumented aliens. If you come here and you work hard…

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Immigrants to America help us with the work they do. They challenge us with new ideas, and they give us perspective. This…

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I took over a city that had two riots in four years and I had none. And they knew they couldn't riot…

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There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies.…

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My attempt is to try to broaden the base of the Republican Party, to try to bring in people that can agree…

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The Republican Party would be well advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms.

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Now we understand much more clearly. why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America.…

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A lot of the people that are poor take advantage of loopholes and pay no taxes.

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I think people are exaggerating the fears of a Donald Trump presidency because they're coming off a campaign where they're very disappointed.

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I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms.

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I don't feel like I'm running against them, I feel like I'm running to try to show the American people what I…

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I think people thought that if [Donald Trump] won, he'd win by one state the way that President [George W.] Bush did.

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People die when you crowd the streets of New York City with protesters. You can do plenty of protesting on the sidewalk.

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I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the…

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The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess…

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There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean,…

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be…

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A lot of the people that are poor take advantage of loopholes and pay no taxes.

The most visible symbol in New York is the spirit of a free people.

God bless every soul that we lost. God bless the families who have to endure that loss, and God guide us to our reunion…

I know both Secretary [Hillary] Clinton and President [Barack] Obama were very gracious and I respect that a lot in the way they handled…

My advice would be the same advice that I gave President [George W.] Bush when he won in '04, and, kind of, wasn't followed.…

Now, people have a hard time understanding how taxes work.