A Quote by Andrew Cuomo
When you become president, they don't give you a magic wand that you wave. You have to get legislation passed. You have to get agencies to run programs.
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We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.
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I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.
If I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system.
I don't have to be president to do great things for my country, but at the same time, to get legislation and policy passed, you have to be in some kind of office. So I don't know what the future will lead to.
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The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously.
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