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 Copy Share Image
I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit. — 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
