Quotes from George Pataki

When I look at Washington today, we need to bring us together. We need to solve problems, we need to rebuild our military so we can stand up to radical Islam, we need to get our economy growing much faster by throwing out the corrupt tax code and lowering the rates.

In Washington, when you're a leader, you have to put aside partisan politics to do what's right for the people.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.

What better day to lay the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower than the day our country declared its independence.

What I did in New York was bring people together, an overwhelmingly Democratic state. But I was able to get Democrats to support the most conservative sweeping policy changes in any state in America.

We need a President that all Americans can respect, not a celebrity who uses words like freedom and liberty like they are a punchline in a reality show.

When I left, there were over 1 million fewer people on welfare in New York state than when I took office, replacing dependency with opportunity.

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.

We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us.

Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

I can govern by bringing people together. And also, I've been tested in a way no one else has. I was governor on September 11th, and I'm proud of my leadership in bringing New York through that time. And when I left, we were stronger, we were safer, and we were more united than at any time in my lifetime.

You know, Hillary Clinton's always saying how Republicans don't follow science? Well, they're the ones not listening to the scientists today, because doctors say that at 20 weeks that is a viable life inside the womb. And at that point, it's a life that we have the right to protect, and I think we should protect.

I'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do.

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks.

Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term.

First, how to memorialize the heroes of 9/11; second, something that expresses our resolve.

The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.

I have two sons. Both served. One as a marine officer in Iraq, one as an army officer in Afghanistan. I do not see - want to see one parent or loved one worrying about getting a call in the middle of the night. I would not place one American life at risk unless it was absolutely necessary. But to destroy ISIS, it is necessary.

There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity.

We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.

Larry Silverstein has betrayed the public's trust and that of all New Yorkers.