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title: "1 Imagine Better Quotes By Deval Patrick"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-think-that-hope-that-ability-to-envision-to-imagine-a-better-way/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

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## More by Deval Patrick

> [Hope for the best and work for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/hope-for-the-best-and-work-for-it/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/anybody-who-knows-me-knows-that-i-m-no-attack-dog/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [ Two \[Massachusetts coal burning power plants\] remain: Brayton Point in the South Coast region and Mt. Tom, just down the road. Within the next… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/two-massachusetts-coal-burning-power-plants-remain-brayton-point-in/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [My most vivid memory of my father centers on the day he left. It was warm, and my mother was especially short with Rhonda…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/my-most-vivid-memory-of-my-father-centers-on-the-day-he-left-it-was/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-m-planning-to-stay-in-politics-now-but-you-know-george-burns-worked/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [It's a free country. I wish it weren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/it-s-a-free-country-i-wish-it-weren-t/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [One great thing about being a black man is that if you put on a hat, you can move around unnoticed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/one-great-thing-about-being-a-black-man-is-that-if-you-put-on-a-hat/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-have-never-taken-a-job-or-done-a-job-where-i-felt-i-needed-to-leave/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [I don't want to be a senator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-senator/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-very-much-believe-in-values-based-leadership-and-that-the-values/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/we-have-drained-common-sense-out-of-our-politics-the-more-we-focus-on/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [People read inevitability as entitlement, and the American people want their candidates to sweat for the job. They want them to actually make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/people-read-inevitability-as-entitlement-and-the-american-people-want/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [This is a horrific day in Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/this-is-a-horrific-day-in-boston-my-thoughts-and-prayers-are-with/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/in-the-view-of-some-people-you-can-only-believe-in-civil-rights-if/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

> [I went to big, broken, under-resourced public schools, but we had a real sense of community, because those were days in the '50s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-went-to-big-broken-under-resourced-public-schools-but-we-had-a-real/)

[Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/)

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