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To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.
Eliot Spitzer
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Eliot Spitzer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 10
Former Governor Of New York
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New York City
New York
The Sheriff of Wall Street
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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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Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.
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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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Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.
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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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