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… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share
People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or promise to… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the globe came… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the creation of those suicide terrorists, is Israel… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and working together to make this world better. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
9/11 occurs, and you're going to rebuild, and after awhile, the memory will be there, but there will be something new there, and different,… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I had not even thought of running for president until one day in 1991, at a small fund-raiser, completely unanticipated, someone stood up and… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
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… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image