"People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom."
— Mario Cuomo

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in The Quotable Politician (2003) by William B. Whitman, p. 25