The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.
ANDREW CUOMOPoliticians are good listeners. Because if they’re not, they aren’t politicians for very long.
More Andrew Cuomo Quotes
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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.
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I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
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I am against the death penalty.
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A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.
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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.
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I think naturally my orientation is from my father.
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Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.
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The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.
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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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I don’t know people who don’t say ‘boy, the government is working better now.’
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I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.
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There’s a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that’s very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
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There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.
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Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there’s going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.
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I haven’t lost my head yet.
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