And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government. – Michael Bloomberg
I dont believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, its so outdated. – Michael Bloomberg
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. Its not an issue. – Michael Bloomberg
No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. – Michael Bloomberg
And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way were running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well. – Simon Mainwaring