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“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 man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example.”

Quote by Mario Cuomo

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Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo

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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