Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

I don't know people who don't say 'boy, the government is working better now.'

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

I am against the death penalty.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.