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"Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength of the status quo and the urgency of the people's desire for change."
"One of the biggest lies in capitalism is that companies like competition. They don't. Nobody likes competition."
"I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in."
"My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be."
"Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding."
"To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize."
"A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL."
"Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs."
"The reason to drive this point home with a vivid and frank comparison is many New Yorkers are still not confronting the reality of how serious our crisis is. It was an exhortation to face reality."
"When you're in office, there are tangible moments when you can see tangible successes."
"While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party."
"As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear."
"Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding."
"Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government."
"I apologize to the public, whom I promised better."
"Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product."
"A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history."
"I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas."
"It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy."
"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."