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You've got to give people a fair chance of saying what they believe, and then you've got to decide, Do you believe 'em?

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check to the NAACP. When I asked him why, he said discrimination against anyone is discrimination against us all. And I never forgot that. Indeed, his philanthropy was a gift, not just to that organization, but to me.
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I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.
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The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.
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Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.
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I thought Jeb Bush would have made a good president. He was on the board of my foundation. He's very conservative, much too conservative for me.
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What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.
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Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all.
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If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.
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If you want to do something for your children and show how much you love them, the single best thing-by far-is to support organizations that will create a better world for them and their children.
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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.
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America was built by immigrants. Almost nobody that I know is any more than three generations, maybe four generations, American.
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I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.
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I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.
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[Hillary Clinton] is going to decide war, peace, and health, education, livelihood for my kids. I want the best person.
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