Mario Cuomo

There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a…

— 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…

— Mario Cuomo

America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the…

— Mario Cuomo

The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the creation of those suicide terrorists,…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mario Cuomo

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

— Mario Cuomo

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling…

— Mario Cuomo

The truth is the justice system does need review, there are troubling questions that need to be answered, law enforcement needs to…

— Mario Cuomo

The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless…

— Mario Cuomo

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

— Mario Cuomo

The Catholic Church did not always teach that life begins at conception.

— Mario Cuomo

What I didn't do was pick one thing and keep saying it over and over again, so I could have gotten credit…

— Mario Cuomo

A lot of my stories about the old days, they're delicious and funny. But every time I recall the early days, it's…

— Mario Cuomo

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things.…

— Mario Cuomo

“We must make the American people hear our Tale of Two Cities. We must convince them that we don't have to settle…

— Mario Cuomo

You want calamities? What about the Ice Age? God made this world, but didn't complete it.

— Mario Cuomo