because that it was hard-working people. that was people who got nothing for nothing. those were people who had to struggle. those were people who really knew their ethnic roots. they all had parents or grandparents who were immigrants. they knew the bias and bigotry they had overcome. they realized that had you to work hard to get ahead. and you also realized how important your family was. how important your neighborhood was and how important your values were. while each ethnic group may had different customs or traditions it was important to keep them and also make them part of the american mosaic. that s what mario cuomo did he always was who he was. he could have been living in manhattan. he could have been living in albany. the fact is at heart he was always a man of queens. and by queens i m talking about the working class people his father had the grocery store. he death with all, all sorts of people from different ethnic and
still to come in the newsroom, from a boy in queens to the forefront of the democratic party, mario cuomo left his mark on the nation. we proclaim as loudly as we can, the utter insanity of nuclear proliferation and the need for a nuclear freeze if only to affirm the simple truth that peace is better than war, because life is better than death. we ll take a look back at the life and legacy of the former new york governor, mario cuomo, next. push your enterprise and you can move the world. but to get from the old way to the new
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former president bill clinton calling his life a blessing. new jersey governor chris christie calling him a giant. a truly american great. simply it was the american dream. the son of italian immigrants mario cuomo rose from the basement of this grocery store in south jamaica, queens where he slept on the floor and spoke no english to the highest office in new york state. along the way, creating a political legacy and dynasty that spanned generations. his life driven by a passion for learning his catholic faith and a determination to simply work harder than the other guy. one of the simple things i wanted to achieve is i want to be governor i want to be the hardest working there ever was. after more than a decade of the full-contact politics of new york cuomo cal putted to national prominence were the keynote address of the 1984 democratic national convention.