We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.

The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.

I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?

They have vilified me, they have crucified me - yes, they have even criticized me!

If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

Gentlemen, let's get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder. The policeman is there to preserve disorder.

I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything.

I don't understand why did jesus give life to the dead when they had to die again?

I am too sick to lay downthe sidewalks frighten methe whole damned city frightens me, what I will becomewhat I have becomefrightens me.

We keep asking where they have gonethose years we remember and wereach for them like hands in the night

… and we are in bed together laughing and we don’t care about anything.

Even when we are quite alone, how often do we think with pleasure or pain of what others think of us - of their imagined approbation or disapprobation.

I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.

In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.

People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.

Taxi Driver' is a movie that changed my life and made me a serious actor. Scorsese and De Niro. I give credit for anything that I've ever done as an actor.