Quote by Eliot Spitzer
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and

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. – Eliot Spitzer

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The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument. – Eliot Spitzer

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Future
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I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. – Eliot Spitzer

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Family
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Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administrations first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. – Eliot Spitzer

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Government
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If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Government

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. – John Adams

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Government

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician whos been dead for 15 years. – Harry S. Truman

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Government

Fear is the foundation of most government. – John Adams

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Government

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Blame is a lazy mans wages. – Danish proverb

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Two things a man should never be angry at: What he can help, and what he cannot help. – Thomas Fuller

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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on! – Larry David

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Home

Nature does not count nor do integers occur in nature. Man made them all, integers and all the rest, Kronecker to the contrary notwithstanding. – Percy William Bridgman, The Way Things Are

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Math