Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrickis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 July 1956
CountryUnited States of America
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,
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
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
Hope for the best and work for it.
For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.
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.
We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.
A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.
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.
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.
"Government" is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.
We'll be competitive with organized labor, we're also competitive with regular, unorganized labor, working people who see their stakes and their future in the plans we're putting forward to move Massachusetts forward.