Andrew Cuomo Quotes

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

Congress is where Americans are supposed to have our big, messy political fights. That's because the people who make the laws need to be hired and fired by the people. Don't like the laws? Fire the lawmakers.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.

Politics is a good thing!

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Democracy fascinates me.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

The Senate of the United States has been both extravagantly praised and unreasonably disparaged, according to the predisposition and temper of its various critics…. The truth is, in this case as in so many others, something quite commonplace and practical. The Senate is just what the mode of its election and the conditions of public life in this country make it.

The United States is a very difficult country to govern.

Politics is people.

The [London] Times has made many ministries.

Politics is a very important part of our government. It must not be denigrated. It's the way our country runs. It's the lubricant that keeps things running smoothly.

In a democracy, as a matter of course, every effort is made to seize upon and create publick opinion, which is, substantially, securing power.

Democracy is that system of government under which the people, having 35,717,342 native-born whites to choose from, including thousands who are handsome and many who are wise, pick out a Coolidge to be head of the State.

Process is America’s most important [political] product.

Parliament of Parliaments

Our democracy has been going for over 235 years and it has not always been as dysfunctional as it is today.

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

Government is not a game show, though at times it is amusing and entertaining to watch.

Washington would be much better off if it looked more like a state legislature.