Eliot Spitzer Quotes
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The word 'fraud' will be in some of the documents that are the settlement documents, ... I believe very deeply that at its root what was going on with the analysts and the investment bankers was probably the largest fraud ever committed upon the investing public.
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H&R Block is a company that has been advertising itself quite consistently as being in your corner. I think it is fair to say that they have not been in your corner but have been putting customers in the corner instead.
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The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.
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Risk is inherent in the market, ... We all understand that and we thrive on that; what we don't tolerate is fraud.
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Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty.
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Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years.
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Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.
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What we have is a fundamental violation of the rights of shareholders and a violation of the duty of mutual funds to protect the interests of long-term shareholders.
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I don't think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he's more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up the trash, dealing with the school system.
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It's a scandal that is still unfolding, ... many criminal and civil cases that will be announced in the months to come.
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I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.
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The reason to drive this point home with a vivid and frank comparison is many New Yorkers are still not confronting the reality of how serious our crisis is. It was an exhortation to face reality.
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Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.
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AIG was and is a solid company that didn't need to cheat. It finds itself in this position solely because some senior managers thought it was acceptable to deceive the investing public and regulators.
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The American public no longer has confidence in Wall Street and we've got to change that.
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Doctors should have access to all scientifically sound information so that they can prescribe appropriate medication for their patients.
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Who might or might not be my opponent on the other side of the aisle, I'll just wait and see how it plays out.
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The evidence in this case speaks for itself, ... Top managers knew market timing was harming buy-and-hold investors but they condoned and facilitated it because it was a lucrative source of management fee revenues.
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The Toxics Release Inventory has been extremely successful in raising public awareness about chemical hazards in communities from coast to coast. Public disclosure has proven to be a strong incentive for polluters to reduce their use of toxic chemicals.
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To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.
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Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength of the status quo and the urgency of the people's desire for change.
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Concealment of negative facts that might influence a consumer to purchase another manufacturer's product is the essence of fraud.
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Somehow the vitality of New York state has been sapped.
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The standards for ballot access in New York State apply equally to all candidates seeking a given political nomination, ... In other words, all similarly situated are treated equally.