George Pataki Quotes

• You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they’re not doing what they can.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in Political, State

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

  George Pataki

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  Tags in Responsibility, Government

• 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.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in Governor

• We will emerge stronger as a diverse community; the area will be rebuilt with life around the clock, new buildings, restaurants, places of entertainment.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in Diverse, Community

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

  George Pataki

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  Tags in Authority, Investigation

• We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Future

  Tags in Families, Economic

• We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in New York

• We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Computer

  Tags in Reliable, Network

• We can’t just throw a switch and say Indian Point is going to be safe, we have to look long-term because it will ultimately be decommissioned and we have to work aggressively now to bring in new sources of power.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Power

  Tags in Indian, Point

• We are going through tough economic times but things are looking up, and the indicators are improving not only for large corporations but also for small business.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Corporations

• We also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Citizenship

• This Budget reflects a choice – not an easy choice, but the right choice. And when you think about it, the only choice. The choice to take the responsible, prudent path to fiscal stability, economic growth and opportunity.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Opportunity

  Tags in Economic, Growth

• 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.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Government, Worship

• The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

  George Pataki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Freedom

• 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.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in New York, Expansion, Center

• Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world – the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in People, World, Extraordinary

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

  George Pataki

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  Tags in American, Neighborhood

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

  George Pataki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Countries, Participation

• Let’s make New York the safest state in America – that must be our goal. Let’s achieve it together.

  George Pataki

  Topics in America, Goal

• 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.

  George Pataki

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  Tags in Policies, Procedure

George Pataki (33)

Birth:	24th June, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

George Elmer Pataki was born in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is an American politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York from 1995–2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected Mayor of his home town of Peekskill, later going on to be elected to State Assembly, then State Senate. In early 2015, he began exploring a candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016, and announced his candidacy on May 28, 2015. On December 29, 2015, he withdrew his presidential candidacy. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1970.

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