Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
Martin Joseph O'Malleyis an American politician who was the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. Prior to being elected as governor, he served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007 and was a Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1963
CountryUnited States of America
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I believe that there are new perspectives that are needed in order for us to resolve the problems that we face as Americans and also the problems we face as people on this planet, and I believe that new perspective and new leadership is needed.
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Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.
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Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.
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I like Iowa. I know Iowa. I've spent some time in Iowa. Good people in Iowa. It's a great state.
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The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.
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The Center for American Progress rates Maryland as the best state in the nation for women. I couldn't agree more.
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I'm not opposed to free trade if it's fair trade. But I am opposed to bad trade deals.
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I'm not for the sort of trade deals that hollow out our standards while they hollow out our middle class and middle class wages.
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It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.
There is no reason that billionaires should crowd us out from our democracy.
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There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.
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There is not a country on earth that could get its fiscal house in order by shrinking opportunity and depressing growth.
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Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.
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Twenty-first century buildings support a 21st century education - because it is difficult to learn or to teach if you are shivering.