--- title: "Best Deval Patrick Quotes" description: "Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Browse 44 Deval Patrick quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b112/author-deval-patrick-15111.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b112/author-deval-patrick-15111.jpg) # Deval Patrick (1956) Lawyer United States **44** quotes in **405** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Deval Patrick is a lawyer from the United States, best known for *Winning Marriage*. ## Quick Facts About Deval Patrick Born July 31, 1956 Nationality United States Profession Lawyer Notable works Winning Marriage Spouse Diane B. Patrick ## About Deval Patrick Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for president of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. ## Awards & Honors honorary doctor of Harvard University ## Quotes by Deval Patrick · Page 2 > [People aren't going to go bankrupt anymore if they have a serious illness, which was a serious issue here in the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/people-aren-t-going-to-go-bankrupt-anymore-if-they-have-a-serious/) [Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/) [Act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/act/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/deval-patrick-15111_act_people-aren-t-going-to-go-bankrupt-anymo_1939554.jpg) > [I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-d-like-to-have-another-opportunity-to-serve-i-believe-in-service-i/) [Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/deval-patrick-15111_about_i-d-like-to-have-another-opportunity-to_1620161.png) > [I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door.…](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/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/deval-patrick-15111_about_i-have-never-taken-a-job-or-done-a-job-w_783120.png) > [I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deval-patrick/i-grew-up-on-the-south-side-of-chicago-most-of-that-time-on-welfare/) [Deval Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/) [Bedrooms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bedrooms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/deval-patrick-15111_bedrooms_i-grew-up-on-the-south-side-of-chicago-m_1518692.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deval-patrick/#itemlist", "name": "Deval Patrick Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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