Ed Rendell Quotes

Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable.

I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.

And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over.

If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.

I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits.

I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.

If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.

If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.

I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem.

I don't think anyone can calculate the effect of having a Jew on the ticket.

Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.

I am a fiscal conservative.

I love the concept of community energy.

But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.

If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.

One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact that everyone knows. We can't eliminate the deficit without raising some revenue ... They're wusses.

I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.

Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.

Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.

There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.

We will not lose this election for lack of money.

I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways.

American Eagle can be a selling point for other young, cutting-edge companies to come to Pittsburgh

The single most important thing you can do to get elected is to have street money!

Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.

I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.

Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.

You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.

And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.

I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races.

We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.

For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.