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.

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

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

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

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.

I am against the death penalty.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

Men should be what they seem.

It's an irony... that we understand humans like the foreign languages... full of miss understanding and miss conceptions.

The leader goes also to the less traditional networking meetings. The manager participates in networking events organized and promoted.

The US is headed for ruin and revolution. The revolution will almost certainly be put down, violently. But the ruin cannot be stopped.

I think this, if Hillary Clinton treats me with respect, I will treat her with respect.

Using the energy in a scene can really cut the fat off of something and streamline it. It can make it work for you and activate it for you in a way.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Keep score, which is what the Talmud recognizes as a distinction between work and play that renders a game unfit for the Sabbath.

If it's a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.