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
religious community belief
The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless they are shared by the pluralistic community at large, by consensus.
religious government people
Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief - and government.
against catholic largely obviously religious secular teaching
The Catholic teaching against murder, for example, is largely the same as our secular laws. But as a law, it obviously has a secular rationale at least as strong as its religious rationale.
rhetorical
There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.
badly death penalty people york
I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.
lincoln man
Lincoln isn't a man with ingrown toenails, he's an idea.
bad lincoln until
Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.
I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable.
good man
I wish I were as good a man as my son is.
impose matter teachings
The problem is that you can't impose the church's teachings on all Americans as a matter of law.
celestial church course god history party people philosophy political science
The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.
gone maybe speeches
Yeah. Just think, if I had been there the speeches would have gone on even longer. Maybe two hours!
I did once answer the question 'What would you say on your tombstone?' I know what I would say: 'Mario Cuomo, 1932 - dash,' and, 'He tried.' That's it.
bill clinton gave gotten
Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.