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New York is in my DNA.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Dna
New York New York
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Government should steer, not row.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Government
Should
Steers
Steer
Row
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I was the first one in my family to go to college.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
College
Firsts
My Family
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I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Cities
Deputies
Involved
New York City
Deputy
Mayor
York
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There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Assault
Assault Weapons
No Reason
Reason
Weapons
Weapon
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My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Book
My Favorite
Reading
Currently
Favorite
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The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Libertarian
Mistake
Saying
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I cannot be separated from Rudy Giuliani, but I am also not Rudy Giuliani.
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Separated
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We've made tremendous strides and changes in the City of New York since 1994.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Cities
Made
Tremendous
Strides
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I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Boards
Insensitivity
New York Times
Board
Editorial
Surprised
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Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Government
Right Direction
Direction
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I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Government
Born
Streaks
Streak
Me Born Always
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My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Quality
Worst
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The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Right Direction
Steer
Direction
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I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
President
Voting
Years
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There were 23 or 24 separate tax cuts during the Giuliani administration. I'd love to be able to equal that.
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Administration
Equal
Tax Cuts
Tax
Cuts
Separate
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People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Believe
Expression
Freedom Of Expression
People
Convictions
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Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Cell Phone
Cells
Chagrin
Phone Calls
Phones
Return
Staff
Calls
Cell
Phone
Pick
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My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Dad
Cop
Fireman
Mother
New York City
Taxi
Driver
Taxi Driver
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My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Dream
American Dream
Expected
Explaining
Father
Memories
Earliest
Earliest Memories
Father Me Better
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Rudy Giuliani did some phenomenal things in the city if you think of the transformation of the city and the quality of life.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Quality
Phenomenal
Quality Of Life
Transformation
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I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Administration
Different People
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I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Bronx
Cop
Dna
Firefighter
Grandfather
Son
Taxi
City New Born
Driver
Taxi Driver
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Would I be the 3rd term of Rudy Giuliani or the 4th term of Mike Bloomberg? It'll be neither. It'll be the first term of Joe Lhota. We're all different.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Mike
Term
Be The First
First Term
Joe
Neither
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I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Firsts
Maps
Category
Hurricane
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I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish. The Russian is Jewish. So I'm your classic American mutt.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Classic
Czech
Little Bit
Missing
Jewish
English
Irish
Russian
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It's been 35 years since I left school. Almost nine of them were in government; all the rest were in the private sector. And I've proven over time to be a great leader.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Great Leader
Nine
Private Sector
Proven
Time Great Government
Sector
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I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Albany
Appropriate
Authority
Capacity
Cities
Thinking
City New Way
Budget
Transit
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This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Administration
Ideas
People
Unique
Me People Know
Different People
Tying
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I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.
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Gone
Immoral
People
Rights
Everywhere
Failed
Individuals
System
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I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Heritage
Nationality
All Americans
Good City People
Ethnic
Foremost
Marching
Parade
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The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Government
Leader
Manage
Organization
Skills
Chief
Chief Executive
Complex
Executive
Mayor
Requires
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In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Government
Active
Approach
Cities
Convince
Grandfather
Johnson
Limited Government
New York City
Vote
Barry
Firefighters
Lyndon
Lyndon Johnson
Union
Tried
York
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Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
New York
Mayors
Party
Philosophy
Time People New
Label
Overall
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I am extremely respectful of the Jewish community. You know, I am Christian. I think of Jews as my older brothers. I mean, there wouldn't be Christianity without the Jewish religion. There is a direct connection between the two of them.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Brother
Christian
Christianity
Direct
Mean
Respectful
Jewish
Brothers
Connection
Direct Connection
Jews
Older Brothers
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I do fear God, but I will also tell you that when a doctor diagnoses you and the word 'cancer' comes out of his mouth, at that point, it changes your life and you do fear less and it also has allowed me to be a lot more open as a person. It's changed me.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Cancer
Changed
Doctors
Fear God
Mouths
Life God Fear
Allowed
Doctor
Word
Mouth
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What I learned from 9/11 that is really important, first and foremost, you have to motivate all the workers and understand that they've left their families to help clean up a pretty awful situation. Every time you have an emergency management situation, it's all about teamwork.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Awful
Clean
Important
Management
Situation
Teamwork
Workers
Clean Up
Emergency
Every Time
Families
Foremost
Motivate
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I don't think the Port Authority does a good enough job in anything that they do, quite honestly, but clearly in the area of security. Those cops get paid more than N.Y.P.D. cops, and quite honestly - I know I'm going to get into trouble for saying this - they're nothing more than mall cops.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Authority
Honestly
Port
Cops
Mall
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The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Friendship
Friends
Bracelet
Chemotherapy
Given
My Time
Needs
Together
Time Great Fear
Buddies
Came
Period
Wear
Reminder
Says
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Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was a loyal supporter and friend of the United States and her terms as prime minister were marked as the beginning of the resurgence of the economy of the United Kingdom.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Government
Collectivism
Individual Freedom
Kingdoms
Loyal
Prime
Prime Minister
Resurgence
Supporter
Tyranny
Understood
United Kingdom
Versus
Freedom Power Government
Power Freedom Government
Margaret
Minister
Thatcher
Visionary
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What was unique about me being in City Hall during the Giuliani Administration, I was the only one who wasn't an attorney. I may have been the only one who didn't work in a prosecutor's office. So I took a completely different point of view on how the city should be run. Very close to a business, very close on metrics and numbers.
Joe Lhota / American Politician
Administration
Attorney
City Hall
Numbers
Point Of View
Prosecutor
Work Business Me
Hall
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