Quotes from Andrew Cuomo

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.

I am against the death penalty.

You add one million citizens to the voting rolls in this state, that's a significant, significant difference. You do that nationwide, it's a significant difference.

I'm not going to raise taxes; I'm not going to have a wage increase for public employees.

If I'm breathing in 2016, I'll be happy.

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

If I get sued for keeping people safe and getting people in from the cold because they were endangering themselves, then so be it.

I will take personal responsibility for transporting the 20,000 ventilators anywhere in this country that they want, once we are past our apex. But don't leave them sitting in a stockpile, and say well we're going to wait and see how we allocate them across the country.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

You don't build walls; you build bridges between people.

I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.

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

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

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

When you become president, they don't give you a magic wand that you wave. You have to get legislation passed. You have to get agencies to run programs.

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.

Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.

ISIL is saying to a disenfranchised population, 'Come join us. Fight the good fight.' I think we're actually playing into it when they hear Trump's rhetoric. And I think it's dangerous and hurtful as a matter of national policy.

I believe it is actually fomenting the growth of ISIL; Donald Trump could be a recruitment poster for ISIL because he is fanning the flames of hate.

I'm sort of the Antichrist to the Conservative Party.

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