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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.

~Eliot Spitzer

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Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.

~Eliot Spitzer

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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.

~Eliot Spitzer

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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.

~Eliot Spitzer

Topics: Antitrust Applicable Been Enormous Garner Get Granted Laws Leagues Made Owners Piece Primarily Result Revenues Significant Sports Supported Those Tv Wealth Nfl

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In nations where the voices of intolerance are most visible and momentarily powerful, it is in our long run interests to remain firm in our clear articulation that the use of violence in response to speech is to be condemned.

~Eliot Spitzer

Topics: Clear Condemned Firm Interests Intolerance Long Long Run Most Nations Our Powerful Remain Response Run Speech Use Violence Visible Voices Where

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The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point.

~Eliot Spitzer

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A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.

~Eliot Spitzer

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When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world.

~Eliot Spitzer

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In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement.

~Eliot Spitzer

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As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger.

~Eliot Spitzer

Topics: Also Amount Break Competition Deep Enforcement Fair Fair Play Faith Gets Guarantee Involved Know Larger Market Markets Money Only Play Pressure Rules Someone Stronger Those Tough Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: June 10th, 1959

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