Eliot Spitzer Quotes
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Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond.
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They may change their view but I will not at this point in time, ... We will win this case.
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We will use every tool available to pursue fraud against the New York Medicaid program wherever it occurs, ... The criminal and civil sanctions imposed on Heritage and Arnold demonstrate our continuing efforts to prosecute fully any crimes we uncover and return misappropriated funds to the State.
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Every time we keep a child from smoking, we improve public health.
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I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society; Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare; and remnants of the pro-business moderates.
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This agreement sends a message that intrusive and deceptive practices will not be tolerated.
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We are disappointed that the court has taken an unduly narrow view of its power and obligation to decide cases that come before it, ... Because the science is clear that global warming poses a real and inevitable environmental threat with grave human consequences, we will appeal this decision and continue to work on other fronts to demand action on this critical problem.
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Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.
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While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.
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President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.
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What we demand is integrity and honesty of the research that is rendered.
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The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy a semi-automatic. To rent a car, one had to provide ID, a drivers' license, and get insurance coverage. To buy a gun? Cash and carry, from the back of a station wagon at a gun show. No concerns about downstream liability or risk.
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When you're in office, there are tangible moments when you can see tangible successes.
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I would say to those who don't like the metaphor This is reality.
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The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection.
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The truth, ... is that Microsoft has been a monopolist found by a federal judge to have undercut innovation and hence competition and consumer welfare.
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This agreement should be a wake-up call to all those in the entertainment industry who think outrageousness is a clever marketing strategy.
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Artists, especially new artists and lesser known artists who did not have major backing, should find a more open environment to have their music heard and hopefully succeed.
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Proponents cleverly wrapped the word reform around the amendment, ... But calling a mule a thoroughbred doesn't make it one.
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We were hoping to initiate a conversation with them that would lead to an agreed-upon schedule.
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The directors are supposed to be the stewards of their shareholders' investments, but too often act at the behest of the advisory and management companies that run the funds' day-to-day operations.
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Somehow the vitality of New York state has been sapped.
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My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.
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I don't have any particular expertise-I've never been a banker or an investment banker. But I did see an evolution in the system that I thought was problematic.