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

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

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.

I am against the death penalty.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

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

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

Freedom of expression is more than a fashion statement.

Don’t try to find the time, make the time.

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

Political campaign must not be aimed at collecting ballots, instead, it's honestly aim at seeking support for an ideology.

When someone challenges you, your supporters turn out.

Fuzzy thinking leads to hesitancy in acting. Clear thinking makes it easier to act boldly and consistently.

If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good.

Every person on earth learns it’s lesson by making different mistakes. The only source of knowledge is experience. Experience avoiding the mistakes you already made.