I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
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… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
Two [Massachusetts coal burning power plants] remain: Brayton Point in the South Coast region and Mt. Tom, just down the road. Within the next… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
My most vivid memory of my father centers on the day he left. It was warm, and my mother was especially short with Rhonda… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I’m planning to stay in politics now, but, you know, George Burns worked until he was 100. I don’t know. I don’t want to… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
One great thing about being a black man is that if you put on a hat, you can move around unnoticed. — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values. — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
People read inevitability as entitlement, and the American people want their candidates to sweat for the job. They want them to actually make a… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
![“Two [Massachusetts coal burning power plants] remain: Brayton Point in the South Coast region and Mt. Tom, just down the road. Within the next four years, both should shut down and Massachusetts should finally end all reliance on conventional coal generation.” quote by Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc1/deval-patrick-15111_burning_two-massachusetts-coal-burning-power-pla_112831.jpg)
