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George Pataki Biography

George Elmer Pataki (/pəˈtɑːki/; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York (1995–2006). An attorney by profession, Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York and went on to be elected to the State Assembly and the State Senate. In 1994, Pataki ran for Governor of New York against three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo, defeating him by a margin of more than three points as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Pataki would himself be elected to three consecutive terms, and was the third Republican Governor of New York elected since 1923 (the other two were Govs. Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller). As of February 2018, Pataki is the last Republican to serve as Governor of New York and the last Republican to hold statewide office in New York.

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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.

Summer, Father, Thinking, Done, Top, Vacations

I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe is right for the people of New York.

New York, Believe, Long, York, Goal, Everyone

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks.

Eye, Effort, Ears, Attacks, Time

I'm here helping Doug Forrester become the next governor of New Jersey.

Become, Doug, Forrester, Helping, Jersey, Next

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.

Technology, Innovation, Generations, Science, Millennials

Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.

Baseball, Mind, Therapy, Happened, Everything, Diversion

Now 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.

Blue, Families, Hard, Number, Numbers, Perfect

Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.

Change, Character, Creativity, Extraordinary, State

What better day to lay the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower than the day our country declared its independence.

Country, Independence, Towers, Tower, Freedom, Cornerstone

There 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.

Adults, Children, Government, Home, Terrorists, Using

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

Democracy, Separation, Frustrating

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

America, Americans, Bad Day, Became, Neighborhood, Usa

Freedom of speech is one of the greatest American liberties, and I hope this pardon serves as a reminder of the precious freedoms we are fighting to preserve as we continue to wage the war on terror.

Continue, Fighting, Freedom Of Speech, Liberties, Terror, War

We 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.

America, Party, Problem, Work, Working Together

Israel has always been and must always be America's strongest ally.

Israel, America, Allies, Ally, Strongest

Putting Americans at risk for a political reason I think is wrong and I think it's unfortunate.

Political, Reason, Risk, Think, Thinking, Unfortunate

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.

Continue, Fighting, Make, Secure, Taken, Thinking

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.

Celebrity, Freedom, President, Reality

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

Defense, Freedom, Israel, Pregnancy, Strongly, War

In Washington, when you’re a leader, you have to put aside partisan politics to do what’s right for the people.

Aside, Leader, Partisan, Partisan Politics, People, Politics

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