Most of us have achieved levels of affluence and comfort unthought of two generations ago. We've never had it so good, most of us. Nor have we ever c…

- Mario Cuomo

Those two principles: We're supposed to love one another and we're supposed to work together to make the experience better. That's all the religion y…

- Mario Cuomo

I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a ma…

- Mario Cuomo

Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair.

- Mario Cuomo

The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the young, some of the weak are left be…

- Mario Cuomo

The problems of a retired schoolteacher in Duluth are OUR problems. That the future of the child in Buffalo is OUR future. That the struggle of a dis…

- Mario Cuomo

We believe in a government strong enough to use words like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations into practical…

- Mario Cuomo

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

- Mario Cuomo

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

- Mario Cuomo