George Pataki

Politician

1945-06-24

Quotes by George Pataki

• We are going through tough economic times but things are looking up, and the indicators are improving not only for large corporations but also for small business.

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• I knew that good people who wanted to be a part of the American dream have become trapped in dependency because the federal government and the state government had made it in their economic interest not to take a job because the benefits that they didn't work were better. I changed that.

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• There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity.

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• The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.

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• Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.

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• If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world.

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