Mario Cuomo Quote

We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a proper government should be: the idea of family, mutuality, the sharing of benefits and burdens for the good of all, feeling one another's pain, sharing one another's blessings — reasonably, honestly, fairly, without respect to race, or sex, or geography, or political affiliation.


Democratic National Convention Address (1984)


We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a proper government should...

We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a proper government should...

We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a proper government should...

We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a proper government should...