Religion Quotes by Mario Cuomo

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

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

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

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

Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.

— Mario Cuomo

It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided.

— Mario Cuomo

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

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

The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.

— Mario Cuomo

People asked me what I want as an epitaph: 'He tried'

— Mario Cuomo

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

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

I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.

— Mario Cuomo

Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.

— Mario Cuomo

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a…

— Mario Cuomo