Deval Patrick Quotes

• We’re Americans. We shape our own future. Let’s start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

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• We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

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• We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up.

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• We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody’s life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That’s what Democrats believe.

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• People aren’t going to go bankrupt anymore if they have a serious illness, which was a serious issue here in the country before the Affordable Care Act. And, in fact, the expense of expanding health care for those who need the subsidy is picked up by the federal government for most of the early years.

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• Mitt Romney talks a lot about all the things he’s fixed. I can tell you that Massachusetts wasn’t one of them. He’s a fine fellow and a great salesman, but as governor he was more interested in having the job than doing it.

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• Let’s go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

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• If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

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• I view the experiences that I have had – both the tough ones and the pleasant ones – as gifts.

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• I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we’re trying to do, what we’re trying to accomplish and what we’re trying to leave.

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• I don’t want to be a senator.

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• I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House.

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• For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I’m going to tell you what I believe.

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• Anybody who knows me knows that I’m no attack dog.

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Birth:	31st July, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Deval Laurdine Patrick was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American politician and civil rights lawyer who served as the 71st Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm.

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