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
extremely fatal governor known mistake president single someday strength thinking time united
He was agonizingly long, ... but don't make the mistake thinking that is a fatal error. I've known him as a governor for a long time and I think he's extremely talented. He has the strength of being able to focus. He has a single ambition, and he has always had this ambition, and it is to someday be president of the United States.
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.
mother believe thinking
There are some who ask us to believe that if we want the best of times for ourselves, the fit and the fortunate, then we'll just have to learn to live with the worst of times for millions of other Americans - that we're doomed to be a nation of the lucky and the left-out. I don't believe it. My mother didn't believe it. Your ancestors didn't believe it. And I don't think you should believe it.
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.