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I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

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Eliot Spitzer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 10
Former Governor Of New York
Lawyer
Politician
New York City
New York
The Sheriff of Wall Street
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Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!
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Delay is the enemy of progress.
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The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument.
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President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.
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While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.
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I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.
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Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding.
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In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.
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It's not Big Brother that we now have to be afraid of, but Big Browser.
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I don't like politicians who vacillate.
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I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.
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Once again, the puppets on Capitol Hill are about to slam the Muppets on Main Street. The country still hasn't recovered from the Wall Street-induced financial cataclysm of 2008, yet Congress is preparing to enact the Orwellian 'JOBS Act' - a bill that should in fact be called the 'Return Fraud to Wall Street in One Easy Step Act.'
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My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.
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Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.
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Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.
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In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement.
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Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years.
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I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.
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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 point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.
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It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
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