George Pataki
George Pataki
George Elmer Patakiis an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York. A member of the Republican Party, Pataki was a lawyer who was elected Mayor of his home town of Peekskill, later going on to be elected to State Assembly, then State Senate. In 1994, Pataki ran for governor against three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo, defeating him by over a three-point margin as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Pataki, succeeding a three-term governor,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 June 1945
CityPeekskill, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.
We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families.
We need a President that all Americans can respect, not a celebrity who uses words like freedom and liberty like they are a punchline in a reality show.
I'm here helping Doug Forrester become the next governor of New Jersey.
And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.
I'm a Republican who embraces science and understands we have to work with the next generation of millennials to have the innovation and technology so that we can grow a 21st century economy.
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.
But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.
Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.
I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.
You 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.
Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term.
When I left, there were over 1 million fewer people on welfare in New York state than when I took office, replacing dependency with opportunity.
We will emerge stronger as a diverse community; the area will be rebuilt with life around the clock, new buildings, restaurants, places of entertainment.