Quotes by Deval Patrick

About Deval Patrick:

Deval Laurdine Patrick 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. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney who chose not to run, and re-elected in 2010. He is the first (and, currently, the only) African-American to have served as Governor of Massachusetts.
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The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that July, and on my birthday, my father happened to be playing in a local jazz club called Pigfoot and invited me to join him. I hadn't spent a bir...

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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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I've fixed hard problems of all kinds, civil rights and business problems. It's the stuff I like to do, and I'm good at it, as a matter of fact... and I never left my conscience at the door.

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I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

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I remember how my dad was so into herbal solutions and health food well before that stuff became popular.

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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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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...

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A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.

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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 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 ...

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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 w...

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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...

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

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I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.

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I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the pu...

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My grandparents and my mother were marvelous people, but they were not particularly demonstrative in their love. It was teachers who were affectionate and outwardly expressive about that, and encouraging in that way. And of course, you know, I got a ...

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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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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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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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Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.

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Author Bio

  • NameDeval Patrick
  • Description71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA
  • AliasesDeval Laurdine Patrick
  • BornJuly 31, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer