Governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY) delivered the keynote address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. The 1984 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, from July 16 to July 19, 1984.
"On behalf of the great Empire State and the whole family of New York, let me thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the temptation to deal in nice but vague rhetoric. Let me instead use this valuable opportunity to deal immediately with the questions that should determine this election and that we all know are vital to the American people."
-Mario Cuomo
This speech was delivered 16 July 1984 to at Democratic National Convention, San Francisco.