Occupation: Former Governor Of New York Birth: June 10, 1959
Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong..
I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas..
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role t….
Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing p….
Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail..
Delay is the enemy of progress..
It sucks. I used to be governor of New York..
I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility..
Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror..
One of the biggest lies in capitalism is that companies like competition. They don't. Nobody likes competition..
Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act..
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it….
It's not Big Brother that we now have to be afraid of, but Big Browser..
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 misunderstan….
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 ….
While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party..
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 com….
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, ….
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be ra….
A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history..
I apologize to the public, whom I promised better..