Mario Cuomo

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

I have no plans, and no plans to plan.

I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.

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.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

In this life, you should read everything you can read. Taste everything you can taste. Meet everyone you can meet. Travel everywhere you can travel. Learn everything you can learn. Experience everything you can experience.

Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.

I guess a psychiatrist would say there's some good to the venting process, but it does also promote an attitude of saying, 'Hey there's nothing wrong with being filled with hate; there's so much of it around.' I don't like that.

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

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

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