Deval Patrick Quotes

We’re Americans. We shape our own future. Let’s start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

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 up.

We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody’s life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That’s what Democrats believe.

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. And, in fact, the expense of expanding health care for those who need the subsidy is picked up by the federal government for most of the early years.

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 and a great salesman, but as governor he was more interested in having the job than doing it.