Quotes by Andrew Cuomo

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

“When you start to have one or two homes to come back, it starts to develop an energy in the community,”

“showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.”

“If companies know were going to enforce the law, youll see more compliance. And $6.5 billion says were going to enforce the law,”

“He would be proud with the progress, because we have come far. But he would point to how far we still have left to go. Discrimination is still alive and well in America. It is hard to admit, but we will never solve a problem that we will not admit.”

“Eleven states and the District of Columbia have a higher minimum wage than we have here in New York, ... caboose on the economic train.”

“If youre a friend to the working people of New York, and youre a friend to the labor movement, then raise the minimum wage,”

“She was a heroine who should be treated decently,”

“The senior advisers to the president would recommend a veto on this bill, ... My voice would join those of the other senior advisers. I could not recommend more vehemently that the president should veto this bill if its passed in its current form.”

“When we give people the help they need, it works,”

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

Marriage equality changed life for people.

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

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

Ninety percent of the students take the preferred lender. Why? Because thats the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, its a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

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.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

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

I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.