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"I'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do."
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"Politicians look for interests not people."
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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."
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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."
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"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."
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"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."
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"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."
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"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong."
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"We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics."
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"I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that."
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"But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act."
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"You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can."
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"When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves."
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"If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world."
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"Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship."
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"And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers."
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"On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers."
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"Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term."
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