Deval Patrick Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

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

For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.

Deval Patrick

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.

Deval Patrick

In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't buy that.

Deval Patrick

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.

Deval Patrick

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

Deval Patrick

My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary.

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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.

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People read inevitability as entitlement, and the American people want their candidates to sweat for the job. They want them to actually make a case for the job.

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I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons. And I've learned to be open to those lessons.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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