Quotes from Michael Cohen

We are in really bad shape as a country. We are not respected around the world. We are not respected in our own country.

Mr. Trump never made any derogatory or disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants... He was talking about Mexico. They're allowing people to pour through their borders, and that's a problem for our national security.

I've never been to Prague, and I've never been to Russia.

I'm obviously very loyal and very dedicated to Mr. Trump. I think he's going to be not just a good president, I think he's going to be a great president.

Mr. Trump's memory is fantastic. I've never come across a situation that Mr. Trump has said something that is not accurate.

Mr. Trump is more than just a boss to those of us who have been fortunate enough to be close to him, both professionally and personally. He's more like a patriarch, a mentor. These qualities make him very endearing to me, which is why I am so fiercely loyal to him and committed to protecting him at all costs.

People change their positions all the time, the way they change their wives.

I've never been paid by or colluded with any Russian to hack the D.N.C., to create search-engine optimization tools to cause Trump's positives up and Hillary's negatives up. I've never been to Prague.

Donald Trump is a champion for legal immigrants.

I want to regain my name and my reputation and my life back.

Donald Trump is actually the voice of the silent majority, and I think he's awoken that silent majority. People are very angry, and the people who are the most angry are actually the legal immigrants who see their jobs fleeing.

As an American, I repudiate Russia's or any other foreign government's attempt to interfere or meddle in our democratic process, and I would call on all Americans to do the same.

I know where the skeletons are buried because I was the one who buried them.

What is it about this ambulatory lump of triglycerides that scares the daylights out of every prosecutor who crosses his path? [from Charlie Pierce]

Whenever I engage high school teachers in a discussion of collaboration, they generally view it as an elementary process. That is because they are confusing collaboration with cooperative learning. We all know the experience. Assign a group a project, expect all of them to do a percentage of all components, and grade them on the final product. This is not collaboration. Collaboration is about helping people work together to achieve an outcome that could not be achieved by an individual.

If somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn't like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump's benefit. If you do something wrong, I'm going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I'm not going to let go until I'm finished.

In all honesty, Hilary Clinton can't fill a Starbucks even if they offered free ventis.

I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy.

I don't agree with those who demonize or vilify the FBI.

My wife, my daughter, and my son have my first loyalty and always will.