Mario Cuomo Quotes - Page 2

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• We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success, it did guarantee opportunity, for too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.

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  Success, Dream, Hard Work

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• Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

  Mario Cuomo

  Inspiring, Powerful, People

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• For me to make lasagna would be a desecration of a great Italian dish. . . . I don't mess with sacred things.

  Mario Cuomo

  Italian, Would Be, Sacred Things

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• In 1960 Americans chose John F. Kennedy because they were ready for change. They were ready for new and better ideas. After six years of scandals and failed policies under the Reagan Administration, Americans are again ready for change and stronger leadership. I love my country. That is why I am seeking the Democratic nomination for president.

  Mario Cuomo

  Country, Years, Ideas

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• I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else you choose.
  We know that the price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that they might some day force theirs on us.

  Mario Cuomo

  Believe, Catholic, Atheism

  "Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective". John A. O'Brien Lecture in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Theology, archives.nd.edu. September 13, 1984.

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• People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom.

  Mario Cuomo

  Simple, People, Political

  "The Quotable Politician". Book by William Whitman, p. 25, 2003.

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• There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

  Mario Cuomo

  Political, World, Politics

  "The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Republicans". Book by Martin Higgin, p. 131, 2006.

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• A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But there's another part to the shining city. In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more families in trouble, more and more people who need help but can't find it.

  Mario Cuomo

  Cities, White, People

  1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, San Francisco, CA

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• When you've parked the second car in the garage, and installed the hot tub, and skied in Colorado, and wind-surfed in the Caribbean, when you've had your first love affair and your second and your third, the question will remain, where does the dream end for me?

  Mario Cuomo

  Dream, First Love, Wind

  Commencement address at Syracuse University. The New York Times, May 12, 1986.

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• The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless they are shared by the pluralistic community at large, by consensus.

  Mario Cuomo

  Religious, Community, Belief

  "Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective". Mario Cuomo's Speech at University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, archives.nd.edu. September 13, 1984.

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• The truth is the justice system does need review, there are troubling questions that need to be answered, law enforcement needs to respect the community and the community needs to respect law enforcement.

  Mario Cuomo

  Law, Justice, Community

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• It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the bat and the scent of the horsehide on leather bring back our own memories that have been washed away with the sweat and tears of summers long gone...even as the setting sun pushes the shadows past home plate.

  Mario Cuomo

  Summer, Baseball, Memories

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• I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 - a stockbroker jumped out of a window and crushed him and his pushcart down below.

  Mario Cuomo

  Grandfather, Window, Crash

  The New York Times, September 14, 1986.

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• We are disgusted by the things that we desire, and we desire what disgusts us.

  Mario Cuomo

  Desire, Disgusted, Disgusting

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• In the end, I'm convinced we will all benefit if suspicion is replaced by discussion, innuendo by dialogue; if the emphasis in our debate turns from a search for talismanic criteria and neat but simplistic answers to an honest - more intelligent - attempt at describing the role religion has in our public affairs, and the limits placed on that role.

  Mario Cuomo

  Intelligent, Answers, Benefits

  New York (State). Governor (1983- : Cuomo), Mario Matthew Cuomo (1989). “Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984”

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• I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.

  Mario Cuomo

  Reputation, Remember

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• We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the government we need.

  Mario Cuomo

  Believe, Government, Needs

  1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, San Francisco, CA

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• The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman. To most of us, the manipulative invoking of religion to advance a politician or a party is frightening and divisive. The American people will tolerate religious leaders taking positions for or against candidates.

  Mario Cuomo

  Religious, Philosophy, Party

  "60 Minutes", www.cbsnews.com. January 5, 2015.

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• For too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.

  Mario Cuomo

  Dream, Mobility, Nightmare

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• You will not be able to tell that they are capable of greatness until you provide them with a packed house, a 3-and-2 count and the game is on the line.

  Mario Cuomo

  Inspiring, Greatness, Games

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• I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me.

  Mario Cuomo

  Running, Believe, President

  The New York Times, February 12, 1985.

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• Wes Clark is a man of whom you can ask a question, and he will look you directly in the eye, and give you the most truthful and complete answer you can imagine. You will know the absolute truth of the statement as well as the thought process behind the answer. You will have no doubt as to the intellect of the speaker and meaning of the answer to this question....So you can see, as a politician, he has a lot to learn.

  Mario Cuomo

  Eye, Men, Giving

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• The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.

  Mario Cuomo

  Long, Police, Muggers

  The New Republic, April 04, 1985.

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• Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief - and government. Apart from constitutional law and religious doctrine, there is a sense that tells us it's wrong to presume to speak for God or to claim God's sanction of our particular legislation and his rejection of all other positions. Most of us are offended when we see religion being trivialized by its appearance in political throw-away pamphlets.

  Mario Cuomo

  Religious, Government, Law

  "Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective". John A. O'Brien Lecture in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Theology, archives.nd.edu. September 13, 1984.

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• Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief - and government.

  Mario Cuomo

  Religious, Government, People

  New York (State). Governor (1983- : Cuomo), Mario Matthew Cuomo (1989). “Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984”

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