Gary Locke Quotes

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• If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China.
• I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes,…
• I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.
• Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose…
• China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made…
• The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why America…
• The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long defined…
• Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college…
• I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run,…
• We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of China…
• Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.
• My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would…
• The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle class.…
• The growth model China has relied on for the last 30 years - one predicated on low-cost exports to the rest of the world and…
• Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.
• We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.

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