In politics you learn to always smile.
Quote by Eliot Spitzer
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In politics you learn to always smile.
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Eliot Spitzer Quotes
- When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world.
- 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.
- The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.
- Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.
- 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.
- Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.
- Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.
- 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.
- Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.
- I love and always have loved policy issues and trying to have an impact on the issues that are out there. I cherish my years in government. I have loved my participation at CNN, at Current writing teaching. Where I will go next, I will have to sort out.
Best Quotes
- My mom is at my house every day, and she nags me about everything, especially hygiene.
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
- Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.
- There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
- What other people think of me is none of my business.
- Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.
- We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact.
- Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young people, health, arts and leisure, neighborhood and civic groups and professional associations.
- I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.
- Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.