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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

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

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

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

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

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

At times, Mario Cuomo seemed to have the humility of a Jesuit and the goals of an emperor. — Mike Barnicle

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Debates are boring. — Mario Cuomo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have no plans, and no plans to plan. — Mario Cuomo

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

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

My parents were immigrants. — Mario Cuomo

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

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

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

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

It was Mario Cuomo's great gift and our good fortune that he was both a sterling orator and a passionate public servant. His life was a blessing. — William J. Clinton

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

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