Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair. Mario Cuomo More Quotes by Mario Cuomo More Quotes From Mario Cuomo Law enforcement officials have been wrongfully targeted and even assassinated. It must stop, everyone is talking but no one is listening. Mario Cuomo politics The world saw an African-American man in Staten Island die and people are confused, disgruntled and angry. Mario Cuomo politics 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 working-together together two world David Robinson chose to stay at Navy. He talked about commitment, loyalty and values. I wonder how many of us would choose these virtues rather than the chance of becoming a millionaire, especially if you were a college sophomore when you had to make that choice. Mario Cuomo you loyalty chance commitment The Catholic Church did not always teach that life begins at conception. Mario Cuomo always teach church life America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the globe came here with little more than the desire to realize themselves. Mario Cuomo bold realize born ambition I think - something I learned recently looking up the meaning of ideology. If you look in American encyclopedias, it says, you know, 'Rules for - basic rules for a system of economics or politics.' If you look in the Oxford, it says that, and then it says... 'Despite - and people will hold these propositions despite events.' Mario Cuomo look you politics people In 1984, I gave a speech at Notre Dame titled 'Religious Belief and Public Morality.' I said that Catholic legislators will live by the laws of the church because we want to stay in the club. Mario Cuomo live will morality church 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 thought gambling community body The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head. Mario Cuomo head question mafia time Every minute brings a new opportunity. Every minute brings new growth, new experiences. Mario Cuomo minute new growth opportunity You can't ever make serious progress against terrorism unless you deal with Israel. Mario Cuomo you progress terrorism serious The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the creation of those suicide terrorists, is Israel and the difficulty with the Palestinian issue. Mario Cuomo creation anger suicide world 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 yourself good sacrifice love Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone. Mario Cuomo he bad appreciated gone I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit. Mario Cuomo i-am day good dinner 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 talk me father people
