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

— Mario Cuomo The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Republicans (2006)

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We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things.

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I have no plans, and no plans to plan.

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

In God's Care : Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery (1991)

I am a trial lawyer… Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

I’d say, “That’s it, Charlie, you’re going to be by yourself for a hundred years.”

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