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… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This is a horrific day in Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured. — Deval Patrick Copy Share
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… — Deval Patrick Copy Share
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… — Deval Patrick Copy Share
