Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo
Mario Matthew Cuomowas an American Democratic politician. He served as the 52nd Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1995, Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1983; and Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1979...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 June 1932
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.
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There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
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I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.
government obligation
It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided.
taste should this-life
In this life, you should read everything you can read. Taste everything you can taste. Meet everyone you can meet. Travel everywhere you can travel. Learn everything you can learn. Experience everything you can experience.
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There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
plans
I have no plans, and no plans to plan.
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If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly.
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You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.
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The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.
party thinking political
I think it's already apparent that a good part of this Nation understands - if only instinctively - that anything which seems to suggest that God favors a political party or the establishment of a state church, is wrong and dangerous.
reputation remember
I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.
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A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But there's another part to the shining city. In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more families in trouble, more and more people who need help but can't find it.
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The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless pit.