I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.
A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.
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 you want to go.
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.
I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the public sector.
We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.
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 out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.
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 the State House.
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.
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.
I've fixed hard problems of all kinds, civil rights and business problems. It's the stuff I like to do, and I'm good at it, as a matter of fact... and I never left my conscience at the door.
I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.
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 the '60s when every child was under the jurisdiction of every single adult on the block.
We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.
For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I 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 up.
Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.
I don't want to be a senator.
Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.
I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave.
