Andrew Cuomo Quotes

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Andrew Cuomo

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 6, 1957

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

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Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.

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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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New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

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ISIL is saying to a disenfranchised population, 'Come join us. Fight the good fight.' I think we're actually playing into it when they hear Trump's rhetoric. And I think it's dangerous and hurtful as a matter of national policy.

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This virus is an enemy that the entire country underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly.

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Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.

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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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I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

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I am the government.

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The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.

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I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

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There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district.

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Marriage equality changed life for people.

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The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

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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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When you become president, they don't give you a magic wand that you wave. You have to get legislation passed. You have to get agencies to run programs.

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I'm sort of the Antichrist to the Conservative Party.

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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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Some states are doing better than others. Some states naturally have stronger economies. So it's not as simple as saying, 'Let's go to $15.' If you do it wrong, you can hurt the very people you're trying to help.

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