Deval Patrick Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I remember how my dad was so into herbal solutions and health food well before that stuff became popular.”

“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.”

“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 grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had a set of bunk beds.”

“The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that July, and on my birthday, my father happened to be playing in a local jazz club called Pigfoot and invited me to join him. I hadn't spent a birthday with him since I was 3, but I agreed.”

“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.”

“This is a horrific day in Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured.”

“I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.”