“New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance and industry. This Invisible Government is reactionary, sinister, unscrupulous, mercenary, and sordid. It is wanting in national ideals and devoid of conscience... This kind of government must be scourged and destroyed.” KindGovernmentForceCitiesNew YorkIndustryConscienceIdealsPrivilegeJewInvisibleFinanceDestroyedSeatsSinisterReactionariesMercenary Author:William Jennings Bryan
“I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!” YearsFirstsBookGovernmentNew YorkOfficeNew York TimesPrintingBragging Author:Matthew Lesko
“Every single American can exclaim, 'Nothing justifies what they did in New York and Washington,' not even the bombs that our government has dropped on them for ten years or the embargo that has caused the deaths of so many children. That's of course true...The issue is simply an acceptance of reality and a fundamental fact of life: When governments do bad things to people, people sometimes retaliate.” PeopleYearsChildrenSometimesFactsRealityGovernmentCoursesIssuesNew YorkAcceptanceTenFundamentalsBombsJustifyBad ThingsFacts Of LifeEmbargo Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“I lowered taxes in New York. I reduced the size of government in New York. I took a $2.4 billion deficit and turned it into a $3.2 billion surplus. And I reduced taxes over 23 times or 23 times.” GovernmentNew YorkTaxesSizeBillionsDeficitSurplusSize Of Government Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York!” GovernmentNew YorkOfficeStudiosGapsCredibility Book:Frankly speaking: a collection of extraordinary speeches Source: Frankly speaking: a collection of extraordinary speeches
“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.” ThinkingBelieveGovernmentI BelieveEasySoundCitiesNew YorkExpressionPicksYeahDataNew York CityGod We TrustCity Government Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!” MenStatesEnoughGovernmentThreeRoomsNew YorkSymbolsDysfunctionEnough Is EnoughNew York State Author:Michael Bloomberg
“[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.” NeedsShouldCountryGovernmentInterestingNew YorkTheaterAbsurd Author:Ed Koch
“The Columbus Day Parade was held Monday in New York. Columbus was the world's first Democrat. He left not knowing where he was going, arrived not knowing where he was, went home not knowing where he had been, and he did it all on government money.” WorldFirstsHomeGovernmentLeftKnowingNew YorkDemocratNot KnowingMondayParadesColumbusColumbus Day Author:Argus Hamilton
“The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.” PeopleWorldGovernmentCareInterestPartyCitiesIssuesSpecialHonestNew YorkDeserveIndependentFocusedBeing HonestBossNew York CityNew YorkersMayorsSpecial Interests Author:Sal Albanese
“The counties with the highest per capita income aren't near New York City or Los Angeles - they're in the Washington, D.C. area - a one-company town where the company is the government. The three counties with the highest incomes in the entire country are all suburbs of Washington. Eleven of the 25 counties with the highest incomes are near Washington.” CountryGovernmentThreeCitiesCompanyNew YorkHighestAreasTownsIncomeLos AngelesNew York CityElevenCountySuburbs Author:Ann Coulter
“We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way.” WayNeedsGivingGovernmentRunningUsedCitiesNew YorkTaxesPercentConceptsResponsibleRaisesFinancialSolveNew York CityApplicationSanityRevenueSales Tax Author:Eliot Spitzer
“Saudia Arabia takes in half a trillion dollars every year in oil revenue, and the country has a population smaller than New York state, but when your system of government is an eleventh century monarchy, someone's going to end up poor, and it's not gonna be the guy whose first name is King.” YearsFirstsEndsCountryStatesGovernmentGuyNamesPoorHalfCenturyNew YorkKingsDollarsPopulationOilRevenueMonarchyArabiaSystems Of GovernmentNew York State Author:Craig Ferguson
“There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers.” SeemsGovernmentCitiesNew YorkPoliticianRepublicanDemocratObviousCorruptionNew YorkersCity Government Author:Malachy McCourt
“It's been reported - in fact, The New York Times has reported that intelligence agencies have told the White House that they now have, quote, "high confidence" that the Russian government was behind the hack.” FactsGovernmentHouseWhiteBehindsNew YorkAgencyWhite HouseNew York TimesHacksIntelligence AgenciesRussian Government Author:Terry Gross