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Mario Cuomo quotes: Every minute brings a new opportunity. Every minute brings new growth, new experiences.

Every minute brings a new opportunity. Every minute brings new growth, new experiences.

Mario Cuomo quotes: For too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.

For too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.

Mario Cuomo quotes: The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless pit.

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: In '86 or '87, the welfare lists were at the lowest level in 17 years. Why? Because the economy was the best it was in 17 years. There were jobs.

In '86 or '87, the welfare lists were at the lowest level in 17 years. Why? Because the economy was the best it was in 17 years. There were jobs.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Entertainers and sports figures achieve fame and wealth but find the world empty and dull without the solace and stimulation of drugs.

Entertainers and sports figures achieve fame and wealth but find the world empty and dull without the solace and stimulation of drugs.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I have no quarrel with people seeing me as a sinner.

I have no quarrel with people seeing me as a sinner.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.

I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me.

I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.

I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I wish I were as good a man as my son is.

I wish I were as good a man as my son is.

Mario Cuomo quotes: The problem is that you can't impose the church's teachings on all Americans as a matter of law.

The problem is that you can't impose the church's teachings on all Americans as a matter of law.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I love bunt plays. I love the idea of the bunt. I love the idea of the sacrifice. Even the word is good. Giving yourself up for the good of

I love bunt plays. I love the idea of the bunt. I love the idea of the sacrifice. Even the word is good. Giving yourself up for the good of the whole.

Mario Cuomo quotes: If I want to run for president, you'll be able to tell.

If I want to run for president, you'll be able to tell.

Mario Cuomo quotes: In 1980, in 1984, millions of middle-class Democrats became Reagan Democrats, and more of them drifted toward the Republicans with Bush in 1988.

In 1980, in 1984, millions of middle-class Democrats became Reagan Democrats, and more of them drifted toward the Republicans with Bush in 1988.

Mario Cuomo quotes: My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and working together to make this world better.

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 quotes: Tax should be the same for everybody.

Tax should be the same for everybody.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.

Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Bill Clinton has done more to help the middle class than any leader in decades.

Bill Clinton has done more to help the middle class than any leader in decades.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community.

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

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.

There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Religion is extremely important in this democracy - so important that it occupies a prime position in the Bill of Rights.

Religion is extremely important in this democracy - so important that it occupies a prime position in the Bill of Rights.

Mario Cuomo quotes: 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.

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 quotes: You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?

You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?

Mario Cuomo quotes: Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.

Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.

Mario Cuomo quotes: For me to make lasagna would be a desecration of a great Italian dish ... I don't mess with sacred things.

For me to make lasagna would be a desecration of a great Italian dish ... I don't mess with sacred things.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable.

I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Please make this nation remember how futures are built

Please make this nation remember how futures are built

Mario Cuomo quotes: Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

Mario Cuomo quotes: What I didn't do was pick one thing and keep saying it over and over again, so I could have gotten credit for it.

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

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

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

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

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: You can't ever make serious progress against terrorism unless you deal with Israel.

You can't ever make serious progress against terrorism unless you deal with Israel.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.

I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I went to electric razors so I would not have to look at myself in the morning.

I went to electric razors so I would not have to look at myself in the morning.

Mario Cuomo quotes: The Catholic Church did not always teach that life begins at conception.

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: My parents were immigrants.

My parents were immigrants.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.

Mario Cuomo quotes: California is an unusual and electric kind of state - it's wonderful. All sorts of things happen there.

California is an unusual and electric kind of state - it's wonderful. All sorts of things happen there.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I have no plans, and no plans to plan.

I have no plans, and no plans to plan.

Mario Cuomo quotes: The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us.

The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us.

Mario Cuomo quotes: We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the government we need.

We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the government we need.

Mario Cuomo quotes: There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

Mario Cuomo quotes: You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Mario Cuomo quotes: No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill Clinton.

No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill Clinton.

Mario Cuomo quotes: We Democrats still have a dream. We still believe in this nation's future.

We Democrats still have a dream. We still believe in this nation's future.

Mario Cuomo quotes: A judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail.

A judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail.

Mario Cuomo quotes: There are only two rules for being successful: one, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

There are only two rules for being successful: one, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: The truth is that beginning in the 1970s, the heart of our Democratic party, America's strong striving middle class, began drifting away from us.

The truth is that beginning in the 1970s, the heart of our Democratic party, America's strong striving middle class, began drifting away from us.

Mario Cuomo quotes: Debates are boring.

Debates are boring.

Mario Cuomo quotes: The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.

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

Mario Cuomo quotes: Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair.

Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair.

Mario Cuomo quotes: I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.

I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.