This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. Its not politically viable its not morally right its just not going to happen. – Michael Bloomberg
This is the city of dreamers and time and again its the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed. – Michael Bloomberg
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? – Michael Bloomberg
Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation. – Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s