Rudy Giuliani Quotes

May 28, 1944

Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani III (born 28 May 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. Formerly mayor of New York City, Giuliani was briefly a leading candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. ... History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse.

As quoted in ""Giuliani: Too much stress on two-state plan" at Jewish Telegraph Agency (15 August 2007)

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We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama.

Rudy Giuliani
— January 8, 2009, on ABC's Good Morning America. [8].

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The idea of trying to cast blame on President Clinton is just wrong for many, many reasons, not the least of which is I don't think he deserves it.

Rudy Giuliani
— On responsibility for failure to prevent the September 11 attacks (27 September 2006) "Giuliani Defends Clinton on 9/11 Efforts" CBS News (28 September 2006)

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After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other terrorist incidents, "The United States government, then President Clinton, did not respond. Bin Laden declared war on us. We didn't hear it.

Rudy Giuliani
— As quoted in "Giuliani Faults Bill Clinton for Terror Response in 1990s" (26 June 2007)

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It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

Rudy Giuliani
— Quoted in TIME Magazine, October 15, 1984. [1]

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Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.

Rudy Giuliani
— 1996 statement to Jack Newfield, as quoted in the New York Post (8 June 1999)

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I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-gay rights.

Rudy Giuliani
— As quoted on CNN's Inside Politics (2 December 1999)

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No, I have not supported that, and I don’t see my position on that changing.

Rudy Giuliani
— When asked if he supported a ban on partial-birth abortion, as quoted on CNN's Inside Politics (2 December 1999)

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The number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear ultimately. And I don't think we want to speculate on the number of casualties. The effort now has to be to save as many people as possible.

Rudy Giuliani
— When asked to estimate the number of casualties after terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, at a news conference (11 September 2001); often misquoted as "More than we can bear."

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The attacks of September 11 were intended to break our spirit, instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than every to live our lives in freedom

Rudy Giuliani
— Dedication for the exhibit "After September 11 : Images from Ground Zero." (31 December 2001)

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I don’t need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11.

Rudy Giuliani
— Press conference (29 July 2004), as quoted in "Searching for Spin" in The Nation" (29 July 2004)
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Leaders must be optimists. Their vision was beyond the present and set on a future of real peace and true freedom.

Rudy Giuliani
— Speech before the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. August 30, 2004. [2]

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In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.

Rudy Giuliani
— Speech before the Republican Party convention in New York. August 30, 2004. [3]

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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
— Speech before the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. August 30, 2004. [4]

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No matter how you try to blame it on the president, the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough?

Rudy Giuliani
— In response to the lost explosives in the Al Qa'qaa high explosives controversy, as quoted in NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (29 October 2004)

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When you confront a problem, you begin to solve it.

Rudy Giuliani
— As quoted in RFID Journal, February 28, 2005. [5]

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It would be very dangerous to use the military option [against Iran]. It would not be a good thing. But it would be much more dangerous and much worse if they had nuclear weapons.

Rudy Giuliani
— Hannity and Colmes, Fox News, April 4, 2007.

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...the sky's the limit for all Americans if we have the right kind of leadership.

Rudy Giuliani
— Republican Univision Debate, December 9, 2007 [6]

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We can determine America's future. After all, that's what an election is all about. So let's decide for optimism, not pessimism; for hope, not despair; for strength, not weakness; for victory, not defeat.

Rudy Giuliani
— December 15, 2007. [7]

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Change is not a destination as hope is not a strategy.

Rudy Giuliani
— Republican National Convention, 2008

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I have been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. Collusion is not a crime.

Rudy Giuliani
— Fox & Friends, Fox News Channel, 30 July 2018

Tags: Politics, Collusion, crime, Federal, code

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