Quote

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

Rudy Giuliani

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Rudy Giuliani
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 28
Entrepreneur
Former Mayor Of New York City
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Rudolph Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis Giuliani
Freedom
Discretion
Success
Willingness
Evil
Authority
Business
Leadership
Human
Deal
Humans
Deals
Great
Single
Cede
Every
Democracy
Lawful

More quotes by Rudy Giuliani

Image
You gather a certain number of people around you but, you know, they look - they look - they didn't look to me like people who were, you know, carefully studying political science and were all upset about the ideology of the election.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
I think we understand people frustration. We certainly don't want to make it worse.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
This is not the colonial empire that somehow he has in his hand. I’ve never felt that from him. I felt that from [George] W [Bush]. I felt that from [Bill] Clinton. I felt that from every American president, including ones I disagreed with, including [Jimmy] Carter. I don’t feel that from President Obama.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
If we build our military up to Ronald Reagan levels, [Vladimir] Putin's not going to push us anywhere because he can't match us.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
Now, people have a hard time understanding how taxes work.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
Now we understand much more clearly. why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America. It's called freedom.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
You know, in the horror movie you kill the monster, and the hand re-emerges. And if you're not looking, the hand grows back and then the monster's there again. That cannot be allowed to happen.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
Now [after election] where it goes into violence, I have a zero tolerance for riots.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
You have to be willing - you have strong ideas, you have strong views, but you have to be willing also to look at experience.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
You never agree with any one candidate 100 percent. I don't agree with myself 100 percent. You don't even agree with me 100 percent.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
If somebody's going to earn citizenship, with whatever other hurdles are put in the way, at the end of the road they should be able to speak English, they should be able to read English, they should have some knowledge of American history.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That's anti-American and it's racist.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
I have eight times online since January [2016] in which Hillary Clinton has had massive coughing fits in which she couldn't complete her speech. I've seen her lifted onto airplanes. And I don't know what's wrong with her.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
Keep pressure on Iran, because pressure works.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
To be locked into partisan politics doesn't permit you to think clearly.
Rudy Giuliani
Image
Hillary Clinton has an entire media empire that constantly demonizes Donald Trump, fails to point out several signs of illness by her.
Rudy Giuliani