Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Laurence Spitzeris an American politician who served as the 54th Governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation on March 17, 2008. Following his eight year term as Attorney General of New York, Spitzer was elected governor in 2006, succeeding three-term incumbent George Pataki. Soon after taking office, Spitzer was embroiled in a prostitution scandal that culminated in his resignation. Following his resignation, he hosted a short-lived program, Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer on Current TV...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 June 1959
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.
Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.
A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.
Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.
I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.
I don't like politicians who vacillate.
I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.
In politics you learn to always smile.
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
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.
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 would say to those who don't like the metaphor This is reality.
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.
It sucks. I used to be governor of New York.