Carl Paladino Quotes

I’m not part of the friends-and-family club; I’m not part of the pay-to-play club; I’m not looking to get re-elected. I’m not looking to go to another office and fill my campaign coffers. I don’t need any friends in Albany except the people of the state.

If you‘re a citizen of the State of New York, your kid has as much a right as another kid to an education, and the best education. The money should be distributed equally to all.

We’re going to restructure the state government into a government that’s responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.

I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I’m not afraid to be confrontational. I don’t remember anyone before bringing that to the table.

I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity.

No, I’m not politically correct. I never wanted to be, and I never will be.

People want a grounded government. They want a government that’s going to be responsible to them.

I’m not – I’m not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don’t seek power. I don’t seek any kind of praise. I have no ego to fulfill.

I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

I don’t want to be polite. I don’t think campaigning is polite. That’s a disingenuous effort.

I’m a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I’m going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, ‘What bad guys should I go after today?’

The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There’s no end to what I’m willing to do.

Don’t misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. That would be a dastardly lie.

When the phonies are expelled from their leadership roles and the Republican Party backs a moderate gubernatorial candidate acceptable to the rank and file with proper financing and the intestinal fortitude to fight the good fight, the rank and file will rejoin the fold.

I don’t have an endgame. My game is to take on any bad guys I see out there. And do the best I can until they put me under the carpet.

I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.

I see a New York where there is no barrier to the God-given potential of every New Yorker. I see a New York where everyone who wants a good job can find one. I see a New York where the people can believe in a grounded government again.

I come from a democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That’s been my world, historically.