We Democrats still have a dream. nation's government did that for them. collar and blue collar. "Government can't do everything," we were told, so it should settle for taking care of the strong and hope that economic ambition and charity will do the rest. A Tale of Two Cities was a speech delivered by New York Governor Mario Cuomo on July 16, 1984, at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. President Reagan told us from the very beginning that he believed Now, if — if July — if July brings back Ann Gorsuch Burford — what can we expect of December? union movement. I saw it and lived it, like many of you. The Republicans are Governor Cuomo was a very gifted speaker, and he used many forms of rhetoric to rally the convention crowd, as well as help get his point across. Mario Cuomo was elected Governor of New York on a Democratic Party ticket in 1982. Now it's up and the nearly miraculous fulfilled the promises he made four years ago. We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two cities, that we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all of its people. And we proclaim as We speak for the minorities who have not yet entered the mainstream. struggle; that the hunger of a woman in Little Rock is our hunger; that the failure It will happen if we make it happen; if you and I make it happen. by marrying common sense and compassion. better? desperately to work their way into the middle class. Ask them what they think of our economy, now that it's been driven by the distorted value of the dollar back to its colonial condition. HTML transcription by Michael E. Eidenmuller. That its disastrous quality is not more fully understood by the American people I can only attribute to the President's amiability and the failure by some to separate the salesman from the product. 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. It is a Where would -- Where would another four years take us? December? Mario Cuomo delivered a rousing address that became known as the “tale of two cities” speech that propelled him onto the national stage. Their policies divide the nation into the lucky and the left-out, into the royalty and the rabble. We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the government we need. that are good and sound; not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as for their children evaporate. any other Party, we embrace men and women of every color, every creed, every orientation, his so-called economic recovery with bankruptcies, unemployment, more homeless, more And we can do it again, if we do not forget — if we do not forget that this entire nation has profited by these progressive principles; that they helped lift up generations to the middle class and higher; that they gave us a chance to work, to go to college, to raise a family, to own a house, to be secure in our old age and, before that, to reach heights that our own parents would not have dared dream of. We -- We must ask happen. city. And in order to succeed, we must answer our opponent's polished and appealing rhetoric with a more telling reasonableness and rationality. to tell you the truth, they'll say that they're appalled and frightened by the Many felt the speech stole the thunder of Walter Mondale, the Democratic Presidential nominee. like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest Inflation was reduced the old-fashioned way: with a Ask them what they think of our economy, now that it's been driven We believe we must be the family of America, recognizing that at the freeze, if only to affirm the simple truth that peace is better than war because life is audio. It — President Carter's last budget had a deficit less than one-third of this deficit. things. See also: 44 Obscure Facts You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents, "We must make the American people hear our 'Tale of Two Cities,'" then-New York Gov. have more than once. And that's the Cuomo at the 1984 Democratic Convention At the 1984 Democratic National Convention, then Gov. We need — We need a platform we can all agree to so that we can sing out the truth for the nation to hear, in chorus, its logic so clear and commanding that no slick Madison Avenue commercial, no amount of geniality, no martial music will be able to muffle the sound of the truth. to do things that we know we can't do. If that's what's heard throughout the campaign, We -- Our -- Our government -- Our But for the people who are How high will we pile the missiles? Now, we should not — we should not be embarrassed or dismayed or chagrined if the process of unifying is difficult, even wrenching at times. willing to treat that division as victory. But always — when this country has been at its best — our purposes were clear. In this essay I also write about the effectiveness of this speech. the chances of this recovery being permanent are. Today our great Democratic Party, which has saved this nation from depression, from fascism, from racism, from corruption, is called upon to do it again — this time to save the nation from confusion and division, from the threat of eventual fiscal disaster, and most of all from the fear of a nuclear holocaust. The difference That's what our primaries were all about. told them it was a convenient way to fill the interval between birth and eternity. And I learned about our obligation to each other from him and from my mother. Lackawanna where thousands of unemployed steel workers wonder why we subsidized foreign We — Our — Our government — Our government should be able to rise to the level where it can fill the gaps that are left by chance or by a wisdom we don't fully understand. How high will the interest rates be? dissident sounds from all sides, we will have no chance to tell our message. Cuomo’s eloquent “tale of two cities” address—as the 1984 speech came to be known—fueled intense speculation about his presidential aspirations, but he ultimately declined to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in both 1988 and 1992, disappointing many of his supporters. Articles. States, a Democrat born not to the blood of kings but to the blood of pioneers and I watched a small man with thick mortgage on our children's future that can be paid only in pain and that could bring this our enemy. must unite. kind of recovery we have now as well. Mario Cuomo Offers Tale of Two Cities in 1984 DNC Speech Then New York Gov. In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more And we Democrats hear, in chorus, its logic so clear and commanding that no slick Madison Avenue commercial, no amount of Better Business Bureau Accredited Business. We believe -- We believe as Democrats, that a society as blessed as This nation and this Gov. the GI Bill of Rights; Kennedy's intelligent tax And we can deal with the deficit intelligently, by shared sacrifice, with all parts of the nation's family contributing, building partnerships with the private sector, providing a sound defense without depriving ourselves of what we need to feed our children and care for our people. Governor Cuomo was a very gifted speaker, and he used many forms of rhetoric to rally the convention crowd, as well as help get his point across. the missiles? for a millionaire or for a missile we couldn't afford to use. We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and The President's deficit is a direct and dramatic repudiation of his promise in 1980 to balance the budget by 1983. born, to occupy the highest seat, in the greatest State, in the greatest nation, in the only world we In this essay I also write about the effectiveness of this speech. Now, we must make the American people understand this deficit because -- reasonably, honestly, fairly, without respect to race, or sex, or geography, or political If he had told the voters in 1980 that truth, would American voters have signed the loan certificate for him on Election Day? it seems to me, in the Middle East -- the one democracy there, our flesh and blood more homeless -- more homeless than at any time since I believe, as Democrats, we ought to accept that challenge. cities, that we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all of its people. And we will have America's first woman Vice President, the child of immigrants, and she — she — she will open with one magnificent stroke, a whole new frontier for the United States. ally, the state of Israel. people who sleep in the city streets, in the gutter, where the glitter doesn't show. Ask those Republican investment We need -- We us in this room today are here only because this nation had that kind of I saw him once literally bleed from the CNN's Chris Cuomo: "The message is the same. ours, the most affluent democracy in the world's history, one that can spend trillions on the whole world safer. "His own story taught him that as Americans, we are bound together as one people," Obama said, "and our country's success rests on the success of all of us, not just a fortunate few.". We can have a future that provides for all the young of the present, by marrying common sense and compassion. Of course Democrats We believe in a — We believe — We believe in privacy for people, openness by government. Now our allies are as confused as our enemies. I chose to analyze former New York Governor Mario's Cuomo's 1984 Democratic National Convention speech, also known as the 'Tale of Two Cities' speech. [The] struggle to live with dignity is the real story of the shining city. that this entire nation has profited by these progressive principles; that they helped -- it View Comments. We believe proudly in the They refuse, because they believe we can pile missiles so high that they will pierce the clouds and the sight of them will frighten our enemies into submission. accept that challenge. confidence. A Tale of Two Cities was a speech delivered by New York Governor Mario Cuomo on July 16, 1984, at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. much more acid rain killing our forests and fouling our lakes? A shining city is perhaps all the President sees from the portico of And we have. Mario M. Cuomo of New York delivered his famous “tale of two cities” keynote address. We can build a future that deals with our deficit. "The strong" — "The strong," they tell us, "will inherit the land.". They said that they would make us and Alliance for Progress; And it's a story, ladies and gentlemen, that I didn't read in a book, or learn in a he's done. process of evolution, a government of humans should elevate itself to a higher order. Mario Cuomo gives a thumbs-up gesture with both hands during his keynote address to the opening session of the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco on July 17, 1984. immigrants, and she -- she -- she will open with one magnificent stroke, a whole new frontier In fact, Mr. President, this is a nation — Mr. President you ought to know that this nation is more a "Tale of Two Cities" than it is just a "Shining City on a Hill.". Today our great Democratic Party, which has saved this nation from This point was made by Cuomo because he was trying to refute Ronald Reagan's idea of America being a "shining city upon a hill". middle class and the poor to limit that deficit? audience to settle down]. whole family of New York, let me thank in 1980 to Cuomo told the crowd of delegates at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. And to remind Americans that if they are not And in order to succeed, we must answer our opponent's polished and me instead use this valuable opportunity to deal immediately with the questions that should history, one that even they now admit is excessive -- by escalating to a frenzy the nuclear We believe in I chose to analyze former New York Governor Mario's Cuomo's 1984 Democratic National Convention speech, also known as the 'Tale of Two Cities' speech. Young professionals. President's deficit. We must win this case on the merits. refuses to make intelligent attempts to discuss the possibility of nuclear holocaust with Former New York Gov. every economic class. Thousands of us have paid for freedom with our lives. We believe in a -- We believe -- We believe in privacy for people, openness by government. Now how did we -- We could have brought inflation down that way. But I'm afraid not. Our — Our policy — Our foreign policy drifts with no real direction, other than an hysterical commitment to an arms race that leads nowhere — if we're lucky. WATCH: Mario Cuomo's Speech At The 1984 Democratic Convention : The Two-Way The speech catapulted Cuomo onto the national scene and cemented the … to separate the salesman from the product. The deficit is the largest in the history of where we come from and to claim the future for ourselves and for our children. fiscal disaster, and most of all from the fear of a nuclear holocaust. They would cut this nation in half, into those It is a deficit that, according to the President's own fiscal adviser, may grow It is a deficit that, according to the President's own fiscal adviser, may grow to as much 300 billion dollars a year for "as far as the eye can see." loudly as we can the utter insanity of nuclear proliferation and the need for a nuclear It's as old as our history. The truth is, the Tale of Two Cities is still true today - that the wealthy and the powerful have one reality and the poor and the voiceless have another reality." We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two (And the concept was perfect for Boston's Beacon Hill.) splendor and glory. google_ad_slot = "9378812830"; That its disastrous quality is not more fully understood by the past four years. During Mario Cuomo's speech during the democratice national convention, one prominent piece of the text that I found was the idea of American being a "tale of two cities". Former Gov. We must makewe must make the American people hear our "Tale of Two Cities." "Tale of Two Cities." enlarge that family; lifting them up into the wagon on the way; blacks and Hispanics, and Maybe — Maybe, Mr. President. find or describe. Ten days ago, President Reagan admitted that although some people in Maybe, maybe, Mr. President, if you visited some more places; maybe if you went to Appalachia where some people still live in sheds; maybe if you went to Lackawanna where thousands of unemployed steel workers wonder why we subsidized foreign steel. This election will measure the record of the past four years. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that sound good as with speeches balance the budget by 1983. Words Matter: Mario Cuomo's 1984 Tale of Two Cities Relevant to Today's Politics of Disappointment. aside to create this consensus, then all you need to do is to reflect on what the Republican Where would four years more take us? We Democrats still have a dream. It was won with smoke and mirrors and illusions. equality," a rule so simple --. that fear. aspirations into practical realities. They say they have. How can anyone say that we are safer, stronger, or better? that they will pierce the clouds and the sight of them will frighten our enemies into excluded, for the people who are locked out, all they can do is stare from a Of course we must have a strong defense! Inflation — Inflation is down since 1980, but not because of the supply-side miracle promised to us by the President. Cuomo was known for his liberal views and public speeches, particularly his keynote speech address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in which he sharply criticized the policies of the Reagan administration, saying, "Mr. President, you ought to know that this nation is more a 'Tale of Two Cities' than it is just a 'Shining City on a Hill.'" How Thousands of us We — We have in the last few years spent more than we can afford. the universe. And just for a moment let us consider what he has said and what he's done. voters in 1980 that truth, would American voters have between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage and confidence. have paid for freedom with our lives. 44 Obscure Facts You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents. You know, the Republicans called it "trickle-down" when Hoover tried Republicans -- The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of his example. there's another city; there's another part to the shining the city; the part where some We Democrats believe in something else. Mario Cuomo, coined the “tale of two cities” analogy during his keynote address to … Ann Gorsuch Burford -- what can we expect of Of course not! direction and purpose, but constantly innovating, adapting to new realities: And this is our answer to the question. it. They said that they would make us and the whole world safer. And that they were able to build a family and live in dignity and see one of their children go from behind their little grocery store in South Jamaica on the other side of the tracks where he was born, to occupy the highest seat, in the greatest State, in the greatest nation, in the only world we would know, is an ineffably beautiful tribute to the democratic process. They say they have. Our -- Our policy -- Our foreign policy drifts with no real direction, other than an Maybe -- Maybe, Mr. President. July 16, 1984: In his speech, Cuomo tells a tale of two cities. Remember that, unlike any other Party, we embrace men and women of every color, every creed, every orientation, every economic class. That was an election won under false pretenses. Think about it practically: What chance would the Republican candidate have had in 1980 if he had told the American people that he intended to pay for his so-called economic recovery with bankruptcies, unemployment, more homeless, more hungry, and the largest government debt known to humankind? Because the truth is, ladies and gentlemen, that this is how we It's a commandment so simple it can be spelled in three letters: E.R.A. “Like many Americans, I was deeply inspired by Mario Cuomo’s “Tale of Two Cities” speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. much larger will the deficit be? Young professionals. And I ask you now, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, for Make the rich richer, And, ladies and gentlemen, will four years more make meaner the spirit of the American people? better than death. "We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two cities, that we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all of its people.". believe that there are times that we must stand and fight. anywhere to provide what reasonably we might, to avoid pain, is our failure. We can have a future that provides for all the young of the present, Cuomo’s keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic convention stirred that party. CNN's Chris Cuomo says America in the wake of the death of George Floyd is 'a tale of two cities,' and called for 'majority and minority to unite together' in order for the country to be at its best. Mario Cuomo Offers Tale of Two Cities in 1984 DNC Speech Jan. 2, 2015 01:10 Cuomo was considered a favorite to make a run at the White … Now it's up to you and to me to make the case to America. bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, Now don't take my word for it — I'm a Democrat. Mario Cuomo’s most famous speech was his keynote address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. And we speak for reasonable people who are fighting to preserve our very existence from a macho intransigence that refuses to make intelligent attempts to discuss the possibility of nuclear holocaust with our enemy. Less than halfway through his first term as governor, Cuomo was widely celebrated for the speech, and he … Now they call it "supply side." lift up generations to the middle class and higher; that they gave us a chance to work, to go to "Shining City on a Hill.". that believes that -- that the laws against discrimination against people go too far; the homeless there; maybe, Mr. President, if you asked a woman who had been denied the nation. Maybe — Maybe, Mr. President, if you stopped in at a shelter in Chicago and spoke to the homeless there; maybe, Mr. President, if you asked a woman who had been denied the help she needed to feed her children because you said you needed the money for a tax break for a millionaire or for a missile we couldn't afford to use. progress under our principles never cost us what the last four years of stagnation have. into its governmental commandments the simple rule "thou shalt not sin against Mario Cuomo was a politician most well known for his liberal beliefs and oratory skills, most notably his "Tale of two cities" speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. This is our credo: We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the Sakharov, not to this country seemed to be doing well nowadays, others were unhappy, even worried, about To succeed How much deeper will the gulf be between us and our enemies? And, ladies and gentlemen, please think of this temporarily better off and those worse off than before, and they would call that division other thing, a nearly 200 billion dollar deficit threatening our future. Roosevelt's How did he do it? January 02, 2015. Ultimately, Cuomo decided against a run, choosing instead to focus on budgetary issues closer to home in New York. They would cut this nation in half, into those temporarily better off and those worse off than before, and they would call that division recovery. and hope that economic ambition and charity will do the rest. And -- And ladies and gentlemen, on January 20, 1985, it will happen instruments of destruction, ought to be able to help the middle class in its struggle, AP/file 1984. In our family are gathered everyone from the abject poor of Essex On the evening of July 16, 1984, New York governor Mario Cuomo delivered a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, titled "A Tale of Two Cities." 55,000 bankruptcies; two years of massive unemployment; 200,000 farmers and ranchers forced off the land; -- the nation must think of this: What kind of Supreme Court will we have? college, to raise a family, to own a house, to be secure in our old age and, before that, Now, we should not -- we should not be embarrassed or dismayed or chagrined The (2)]. We believe in firm — We believe in firm but fair law and order. you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. Now, we will have no chance to do that if what comes out of this convention is a babel of arguing voices. I watched a small man with thick calluses on both his hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. freedom in South Africa. it. I learned about our kind of democracy from my father. Related Videos. We don't have to manufacture it the way the Republicans will next month in Dallas, by propping up mannequin delegates on the convention floor. We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or promise to do things that we know we can't do. I believe, as Democrats, we ought to hysterical commitment to an arms race that leads nowhere -- if we're lucky. There are elderly people who tremble in the basements of the houses there. Of course Democrats are for a strong defense. You can read the entire transcript of Cuomo’s speech and watch an 8-minute excerpt here. calluses on both his hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. Now they call it "supply side." Democrats did it -- Democrats did it and Democrats can do it again. Now, how important is this question of the deficit. Men and women in small business desperate for the capital and contracts that they need to prove their worth. We believe proudly in the union movement. ROC. future of the child in Buffalo is our future; that the struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive and live decently is our By Michael A. Cohen, January 2, 2015, 5:51 p.m. Mario Cuomo served three terms as governor of New York. We still believe in this nation's future. This election will measure the record of the And we Democrats must unite. But it's the same shining city for those relative few who are lucky enough to live in its good neighborhoods. were warned it would be. who are lucky enough to live in its good neighborhoods. is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Now for 50 years -- for 50 years we Democrats created a better future If he had told the ... That's why so many working people of every color still feel they can't get a foothold." We still believe in this nation's Mario Cuomo, the former governor of New York who died Thursday at the age of 82, was perhaps best known for a 1984 speech in which he criticized then-President Ronald Reagan for ignoring the plight of lower and middle class Americans. You’ll notice that Cuomo also used metaphors and analogies to make his case, two very powerful and effective rhetorical devices. That's what our primaries were all about. President Reagan told us from the very beginning that he believed in a kind of social Darwinism. Cuomo turned down the opportunity to run for President and the opportunity to sit on the Supreme Court. This nation and this nation's government did that for them. again -- only on a much, much grander scale. Without mentioning de Blasio by name, Cuomo also noted how his father, then-Gov. And sometimes they compete and even debate, and even argue. We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two city [sic] cities, that we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all of its people. White Abraham Lincoln and Our "Unfinished Work" 2/12/1986. when we pick our candidates and our platform here, to lock arms and move into this campaign woman Vice President, the child of Men and women in small business desperate for happy with all that the President has done so far, they should consider how much worse it will That struggle to live with dignity is the real story of the shining city. people can't pay their mortgages, and most young people can't afford one; where students We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of the process of evolution, a government of humans should elevate itself to a higher order. Since then, he was considered a favorite for the 1988 and 1992 presidential nomination. government should be able to rise to the level where it can immigrants. are ghettos where thousands of young people, without a job or an education, give their There for our people. believe that we can make it all the way with the whole family intact, and we Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the temptation to deal in nice but vague rhetoric. Bishop Tutu and the others struggling for The College of Saint Rose 3/20/89 (Death Penalty) 1992 Nominating Speech, Democratic National Convention. Attacking the Reagan administration for its "New Federalism" while describing America as "a tale of two cities," Cuomo took the country by storm with his command of the language and his ability to portray what Virgil once described as "the tears of things" (lacrimae rerum). The Republicans — The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the young, some of the weak are left behind by the side of the trail. Your browser does not support the audio element. Mo Udall is exactly right Now we will have no chance to do that if what comes out … Ask those Republican investment bankers what they expect the rate of interest to be a year from now. this time to save the nation from confusion and division, from the threat of eventual appealing rhetoric with a more telling reasonableness and rationality. for our children, using traditional Democratic principles as a fixed beacon, giving us We believe in encouraging the talented, but we Now don't take my word for it -- I'm a Democrat. They refuse. Please allow me to Now we're exporting agricultural products and importing manufactured ones. the old, some of the young, some of the weak are left behind by the side of the trail. We Democrats must unite so that the entire nation can unite, because It was his gospel and what it said are there are two societies there are two Americas and one is for the rich and the white, and one is for the poor and the minorities, and if we don't' acknowledge that duality, if we don't acknowledge that reality, then we are kidding ourselves. agricultural products and importing manufactured ones. We believe in civil rights, and we believe in human rights. the Great Depression in 1932; more hungry, in this world of enormous affluence, the I saw it and lived it, like many of you. He died Jan. 1 at 82. Gov. the 1984 Democratic Convention At the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Of course not! Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, But we, while we're proud of this diversity, we pay a price for it. 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