My father couldn't speak English when he went to the first grade and I had to work in a factory over Christmas and summer vacations. And I think that's the American way and one of the things that excites me about this race is that pretty much everything I've done I've started at the bottom and been able to finish at the top.
George PatakiThere is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity.
George PatakiNow Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for him, for blue collar families like mine to identify with him. It's hard for economic conservatives to identify with him. He needs to do more to reach out to Latinos.
George PatakiYou know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can.
George PatakiWe are one America. If we work together across party lines, there's no problem we can't solve and the 21st century will be America's greatest century.
George Pataki