Deval Patrick Quotes

I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.

I'm a Democrat, and that's worth fighting for.

Let's be the Democrats we know we have always been. And maybe every once in a when an opposition that lets you get even more tougher and clear about what you're about. I think that's a good thing for Democrats.

It's an old story; it's as old as our history. The difference between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage and confidence. The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the young, some of the weak, are left behind by the side of the trail. The strong, the strong they tell us, will inherit the land. We Democrats believe in something else. We Democrats believe that we can make it all the way with the whole family intact, and we have more than once.

Politics is not a world for the squeamish or fainthearted.

I'm a Democrat, and I think people who meet me will realize I'm a Democrat. I have progressive Democratic values.

People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

You don’t need more hearings. You need more gumption. You’ll be treated like office boys until you stand up and kick them [the Nixon White House] in the slats.

The most important question ask any candidate is, "what issue do you believe in that will most greatly offend the leadership of your party or your campaign contributors?

I am a Democrat still—very still.

I have been a Democrat all my life and accustomed to the rule of the majority. If a majority of this crowd want me to stop speaking, I will stop. If the majority want me to continue, I will speak on regardless of you and your company.

Somebody needs to stand up [to Donald Trump] and say "This is not our party. This is not OK. This is not normal."

Our young people are patriots and heroes whom we can be proud of before the world; that they have a large contingent of such trustworthy young people is a great blessing for the Workers' Party of Korea and a source of pride for Korea, and this assures the great strength of our dignified state and its bright future.

The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity.

In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.

I'm proud to be a Democrat, and I feel pretty strongly that the country would be better off with Democrats in charge.

The Democratic Party has to be run by progressives... because we can't let another monster like Donald Trump win again... even if we seem impolite in our fight back against him.

Yes, I'll stand up to the party if they're wrong and they aren't going the right way for people in Pennsylvania. But I do believe in Democratic principles.

We need to stand up to Donald Trump and the Republicans, but we also need to stand up against our own party establishment when it's on the wrong side of an issue.

I am simply not prepared to stand back and watch my country fall off a cliff edge. If that means voting against my party, so be it.

California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines.

I'm pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-environment and pro-labor. I was either going to be the loneliest Republican in America or I was going to be a happy Democrat.

There is hardly any politically minded man who acknowledges and agrees with every point of the program of a political party.