Eliot Spitzer Quotes

Magic is, in its core, introverted and closed; it's the most closed community ever, and I want to change all that and make it more open. If we want things to change, we have to be more open-minded.

I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.

I'd like to expand the base of the Republican Party. I would like the Republican Party to be more inclusive, not less inclusive.

I'm going to try to unite all Americans.

The GOP needs to figure out a way to become more appealing to new constituencies.

I'm not scared of diversity. We have to have debates and win the argument, and if there are amendments that need to be brought up so we find out where the party is, so be it.

Demographics are changing and we have to change, not necessarily our core believes, but the tone of our message and the intensity…. Long term, conservative principles if they are to be successful and implemented there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today.

To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity. I'd like to see a world with more leaders who are familiar with the depths of the views of those they deeply disagree with, so that they can understand the nuances of everyone they're representing.

I think our big tent is our greatest strength.

Our shows are more fun when there aren't barriers.

I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities.

Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.

The Republican Party has to be the party of optimism and giving our children a better starting point. We have to make sure we're broader, more inclusive, and reaching out to every community.

Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.

Republicans have always talked about having a big tent, but it doesn't do any good if the tent doesn't have any chairs in it. Bringing Latinos to the forefront, bringing women in is absolutely critical.

I don't see anyone as being different than anyone else, whether you're gay or straight or whatever - everyone's the same. That's how I was raised.

I've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were.

Let the shameful walls of exclusion finally come tumbling down.

I have one major rule: Everybody is right. More specifically, everybody — including me — has some important pieces of truth, and all of those pieces need to be honored, cherished, and included in a more gracious, spacious, and compassionate embrace.

Even if they're not reaching out to us, we're going to reach out to them anyway and involve them in a meaningful way. Because if we don't, we will fail to learn the lesson of a generation before us, that reached out for us and never let us go.

I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men--and closes its hearts to none.

You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.

I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

America at its best is inclusive and not exclusive.