Quotes from Andrew Cuomo

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

Marriage equality changed life for people.

New York State is upside down and backwards high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.

We don't hand anyone anything in the Democratic Party.

You know, you cut taxes for the rich sometimes and it sits in a bank account. You cut taxes for the middle class, they will spend the money.

Some people don't support economic development. There are people in the Assembly who say there is no economic development possible; leave it to the private sector.

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

The other states look to New York for the progressive direction.

We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.

Very few people go into politics to be reviled.

Let's help each other. New York, because New York is first. And then after New York, and after the curve breaks in New York, let's all rush to whoever's second. And then let's all rush to whoever's third. And let's learn from each other and help each other.

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

If you ask the American people to choose, between public health and the economy, then it's no contest. No American is going to say, accelerate the economy, at the cost of human life. Because no American is going to say how much a life is worth. Job one has to be save lives. That has to be the priority.

I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing.

I've worked on the urban agenda all my life. All. My. Life.

I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day.

'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

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

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.