48 Michael Bloomberg Quotes for You to Enjoy

Michael Bloomberg

American Politician

Born: Feb 14, 1942

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You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen. Michael Bloomberg

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Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card. Michael Bloomberg

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The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress. Michael Bloomberg

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You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor. Michael Bloomberg

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And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is. Michael Bloomberg

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You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy. Michael Bloomberg

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Capitalism works. Michael Bloomberg

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I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated. Michael Bloomberg

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I'd be happy to provide advice if anybody asked me no matter who the President is. Michael Bloomberg

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What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president? Michael Bloomberg

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We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply. Michael Bloomberg

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This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable; it's not morally right; it's just not going to happen. Michael Bloomberg

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them. Michael Bloomberg

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I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one. Michael Bloomberg

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I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough! Michael Bloomberg

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The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change. Michael Bloomberg

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I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true... That would let the terrorists win. That's what they want us to do. Michael Bloomberg

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Because of my success in the private sector, I had the chance to run America's largest city for 12 years, governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy. Michael Bloomberg

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Today, as an independent, an entrepreneur, and a former mayor, I believe we need a president who is a problem solver, not a bomb thrower. Someone who can bring members of Congress together to get things done. And I know Hillary Clinton can do that because I saw it firsthand. Michael Bloomberg

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I understand the appeal of a businessman president. But Trump's business plan is a disaster in the making. Michael Bloomberg

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