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I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

Andrew Cuomo

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that’s what I’m doing.
ANDREW CUOMO

Election Government Myself Work
Lesson from Pataki’s success is: Use the political moment.
ANDREW CUOMO

Lesson Movement Politics Revolution Success
There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.
ANDREW CUOMO

Money Opinion Poverty War
I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can’t afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.
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Myself Reality Respect Simplicity Unity
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.
ANDREW CUOMO

Death Desire Father Fear Hard Myself
The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. New York made a powerful statement [legalizing marriage equality], not just for the people of New York, but for people all across this nation.
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Direction Equality Marriage Nation People Powerful
I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.
ANDREW CUOMO

End Identity Mom Myself Queen
The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.
ANDREW CUOMO

Government Job Necessary
We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality.
ANDREW CUOMO

Equality Law Marriage Nation Need Reality Rule
Politicians are good listeners. Because if they’re not, they aren’t politicians for very long.
ANDREW CUOMO

Goodness Listening Politics
I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.
ANDREW CUOMO

Believe Break Myself Woman
Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.
ANDREW CUOMO

Legislature Lesson Politics
There’s no such thing as a 100-year flood.
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Ocean Reality Truth
I don’t know people who don’t say ‘boy, the government is working better now.’
ANDREW CUOMO

Better Government Myself People Work
I think there’s a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
ANDREW CUOMO

Learning Myself Politics Rule Thinking
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
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Believe Climate Myself Ourselves Reality

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