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Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.

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Eliot Spitzer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 10
Former Governor Of New York
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To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.
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Delay is the enemy of progress.
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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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Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!
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It's not Big Brother that we now have to be afraid of, but Big Browser.
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From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much: the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me.
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Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.
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I don't like politicians who vacillate.
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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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Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.
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I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.
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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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Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty.
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