Andrew Cuomo

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.

Andrew Cuomo

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?

Andrew Cuomo

I am against the death penalty.

Andrew Cuomo

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.

Andrew Cuomo

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

Andrew Cuomo

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

Andrew Cuomo

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

Andrew Cuomo

Marriage equality changed life for people.

Andrew Cuomo

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.

Andrew Cuomo

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

Andrew Cuomo

I am the government.

Andrew Cuomo

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

Andrew Cuomo

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

Andrew Cuomo

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.

Andrew Cuomo

I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now.

Andrew Cuomo

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

Andrew Cuomo