Deval Patrick Quotes

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• 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…
• It's a free country. I wish it weren't.
• Don't tell me words don't matter,
• 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…
• It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe.
• 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…
• 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…
• Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.
• Hope for the best and work for it.
• For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.
• Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.
• I don't want to be a senator.
• I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.
• Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.
• We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.
• 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…
• We'll be competitive with organized labor, we're also competitive with regular, unorganized labor, working people who see their stakes and their future in the plans…
• 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…
• 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…
• I remember how my dad was so into herbal solutions and health food well before that stuff became popular.

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