We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or… — 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
We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the government we need. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Wes Clark is a man of whom you can ask a question, and he will look you directly in the eye, and… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
We believe in a government strong enough to use words like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I think - something I learned recently looking up the meaning of ideology. If you look in American encyclopedias, it says, you… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
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
