Apr 5
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- All terrorism is theater.
- You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national intelligence but, you know, it never comes in neat packages. So you have to make judgments on what you have, and it’s not easy to do.
- David Cohen is without a doubt one of the best — if not the best — public servant I’ve ever encountered.
- I think one of the biggest scams in law enforcement is the monitor.
- I don’t stretch enough. I know I should do it more, and I’d like to do yoga, but I just don’t have time.
- I think, as a nation, we didn’t learn our lessons from the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. We should have been more careful in a whole host of areas.
- If terrorists aren’t limited by borders and boundaries, we can’t be, either.
- It sounds corny, but I never have avoided the challenges — I relish them — I think it’s what make me tick, to a certain extent.
- I like Sicilian food. It’s real peasant food.
- Since 9/11, some of the most violent terrorists we’ve encountered were radicalized or recruited at universities.
- The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack — and we uphold the law in doing so.
- Consensus building doesn’t necessarily fit with my experience.
- I like music, a lot of different types of music.
- I don’t think I’ve become arrogant. I’m pretty much the same person. I think the world has changed. I think I’m pretty consistent. Because you stick to what you believe does not make you arrogant.
- I don’t watch cop movies much. I TiVo shows. I watch every Larry David show.
- The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result.
- It’s dangerous to write people off just because they’ve been arrested.
- A small number of people and groups control the Democratic primary.
- As a city, we have to face the reality that New York’s minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.
- I don’t think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I’m used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.
