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" In politics you learn to always smile. "
Eliot Spitzer
Always
You
Smile
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" I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership. "
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" We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way. "
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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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Face
" The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to move to the middle in the closing weeks of the campaign. Lesson: The loudest voices don't often command the votes needed to win in November. "
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Win
Closing
" Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit. "
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Right
Behavior
" Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering. "
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Opportunity
Sit
Waiting
" The world has conducted a massive macro-economic experiment since the cataclysm of 2008. In Europe, the fans of austerity have had their chance, and the results have been a disaster. "
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Results
World
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" As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear. "
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Bear
Tell
You
" It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy. "
Eliot Spitzer
Good
Politics
Medicine
" Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done. "
Eliot Spitzer
Own
Change
Done
" Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding. "
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You
Look
Need
" I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas. "
Eliot Spitzer
Believe
Run
Politics
" While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease. "
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Will
Democrats
Election
" For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues. It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government. "
Eliot Spitzer
Government
More
Matter
" To survive, the GOP needs to invite people in, not shut them out. "
Eliot Spitzer
GOP
Invite
Needs
" I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be. "
Eliot Spitzer
World
Believe
Constitution
" 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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Will
Action
Impact
" Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. "
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Power
Government
Challenge
" I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. "
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Myself
Disappointed
Standard
" From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. "
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Love
I Am
Family
" The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this. "
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Change
Power
People
" I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. "
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Sense
Wrong
Right
" Once again, the puppets on Capitol Hill are about to slam the Muppets on Main Street. The country still hasn't recovered from the Wall Street-induced financial cataclysm of 2008, yet Congress is preparing to enact the Orwellian 'JOBS Act' - a bill that should in fact be called the 'Return Fraud to Wall Street in One Easy Step Act.' "
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Street
Easy
Fraud
" Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street! "
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Myself
Speak
Street
" I don't like politicians who vacillate. "
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Who
Politicians
Like
" The wise decision by President Obama to grant some undocumented immigrants the right to remain in the United States for two years without the threat of deportation is already benefitting the country. "
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Decision
Country
Immigrants
" As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger. "
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Work
" A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL. "
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Wealth
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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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Fear
Doing The Right Thing
Work