Quotes by Deval Patrick

About Deval Patrick:

Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician and civil rights lawyer who served as the 71st Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney who chose not to run, and re-elected in 2010. He is the first (and, currently, the only) African-American to have served as Governor of Massachusetts.
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I don't want to be a senator.

Deval Patrick

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.

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Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

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

Deval Patrick

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.

Deval Patrick

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.

Deval Patrick

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.

Deval Patrick

My most vivid memory of my father centers on the day he left. It was warm, and my mother was especially short with Rhonda and me that afternoon, which I attributed to the heat. I was oblivious to the mounting hostilities in our basement apartment.

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

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An important distinction needs to be made in politics between allowing your values to guide you and keeping religion and government separate. Liberals are rightly concerned about government-established and government-supported religion, especially in...

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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...

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameDeval Patrick
  • Description71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA
  • AliasesDeval Laurdine Patrick
  • BornJuly 31, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer