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“People asked me what I want as an epitaph: 'He tried'”

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Mario Cuomo was a distinguished American politician who served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994. Renowned for his articulate speeches and progressive policies, he championed social justice and economic equality. Cuomo's governorship was marked by his efforts to reform the state's education system and his opposition to the death penalty. more

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“The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.”

People Knows Needs Should Made Philosophy Political Courses Church Party Political Science Chairman Celestial Church History

Book:Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984

Source: Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984

“The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless pit.”

Want Needs Self Clear Circles Aspiration Materialism Pits Gratification Self Gratification

Author:Mario Cuomo

“The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless they are shared by the pluralistic community at large, by consensus.”

Should Values Belief Community Religious Morality Accepted Consensus Religious Belief

Author:Mario Cuomo

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Want Should Believe Mother Asks Left Nations Millions Worst Fit Lucky Don't Believe Fortunate Ancestor Doomed Left Out

Author:Mario Cuomo

“Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief - and government.”

People Way Whole Body Government Belief Religious Formal Religious Belief

Book:Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984

Source: Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984

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

Believe Enough Use Reality Government Strong Compassion Smart Practicals Aspiration Strong Enough Like Love Love And Compassion

Author:Mario Cuomo

“We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or promise to do things that we know we can't do.”

Knows Believe Government Promise Labels Fairness Reasonableness

Author:Mario Cuomo

“We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of the process of evolution, a government of humans should elevate itself to a higher order.”

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Author:Mario Cuomo

“What I didn't do was pick one thing and keep saying it over and over again, so I could have gotten credit for it.”

One Thing Picks Credit

Author:Mario Cuomo

“No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit, it can never bring you ulimate happiness or peace. Life requires more that knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.”

Ifs Feelings Action Spirit Energy Alive Amount Demand Constant Intense Right Action Intense Feelings

Book:Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

Source: Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives