I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

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.

Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.

When we die, we go into the arms of those who remember us.

Why do you chase the wind?

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

The secret is to start a story near the ending.

What shall I give my children? who are poor, / Who are adjudged the leastwise of the land...

I don't think I ever feel sexy. I don't think that's for me to decide, if I'm sexy or not.

When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.

Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.

And, cuts in education, scientific research and the rest are harmful, and they are what are affected by the sequestration.