“After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.”
— Eliot Spitzer
Author: Eliot Spitzer
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“The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and – just as the Tea Party did – it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“In politics you learn to always smile.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“In politics you learn to always smile.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent – important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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“Yes, people pull the trigger – but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.”
— Eliot Spitzer
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