Quotes by Mario Cuomo

About Mario Cuomo:

Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 52nd Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994, Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982; and Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978.
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You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?

Mario Cuomo

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

Mario Cuomo

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

Mario Cuomo

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.

Mario Cuomo

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their...

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

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

Mario Cuomo

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

Mario Cuomo

I have no plans, and no plans to plan.

Mario Cuomo

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

Mario Cuomo

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.

Mario Cuomo

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Mario Cuomo

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

Author Bio

  • NameMario Cuomo
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, Governor of New York
  • BornJune 15, 1932
  • DiedJanuary 1, 2015
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer; Politician; Baseball Player