33 Quotes By 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 on best

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 on change

I am against the death penalty.
Andrew Cuomo on death

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 on death

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

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

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

Marriage equality changed life for people.
Andrew Cuomo on equality

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 on fear

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 on government

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 on government

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

I am the government.
Andrew Cuomo on government

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 on government

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

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

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

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 on government

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

Marriage equality changed life for people.
Andrew Cuomo on marriage