Mario Cuomo Quotes
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I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.
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No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill Clinton.
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There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.
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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.
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People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom.
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The beauty of America is that I don't have to deny my past to affirm my present. No one does. We can love this nation like a parent and still embrace our ancestral home like cherished grandparents.
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It was anticipating self-defense.
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Do we have the right now to tell them that when Saint Francis begged the Lord to teach him to want to console instead of seeking to be consoled - to teach him to want to love instead of desiring to be loved - that he was really being selfish? Because he knew the only way to be fulfilled and pleased and happy was to give instead of trying to get.
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I've been taking a closer look at these graduates. They are actually taller, stronger, smarter than we were, smart enough maybe to take our mistakes as their messages, to make our weaknesses their lessons, and to make our example - good and not so good - part of their education.
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I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.
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Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.
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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.
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If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.
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Sometimes comforting the afflicted does require afflicting the comfortable.