Andrew Cuomo Quotes
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As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
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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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I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
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I am against the death penalty.
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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.
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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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I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
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Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
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There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.
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I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?
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I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.
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I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.
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There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.
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Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York.
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Showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.
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Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.
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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
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Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
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There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty
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If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.
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Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1.
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Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.
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The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.
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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.