Martin O'Malley Quotes
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Our story, Maryland's story, is the story of better choices and better results.
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The march of progress must continue.
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When you create an economy where you subsidize corporate profits through a welfare program and food stamps in order to keep wages low in some perverse pursuit of 'competiveness,' than you reap the fruits of the anger that you sow.
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I go to the gym pretty regularly.
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I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999.
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The Republican Party is doubling down on this trickle-down theory that says, 'Thou shalt concentrate wealth at the very top of our society. Thou shalt remove regulation from wherever you find it, even on Wall Street. And thou shalt keep wages low for American workers so that we can be more competitive.'
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Maryland first allowed early voting during the 2010 primary elections. In November 2012, more than 16 percent of registered voters in Maryland cast their ballots during the early voting period, and some polling places, particularly in our larger jurisdictions, witnessed early voting lines that were hours long.
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I think the best campaigns are campaigns of ideas and substance.
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Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.
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Protecting our land, our air and our water is a very important thing that we can only do together.
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In times of adversity - for the country we love - Maryland always chooses to move forward. Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we move forward or back: this too is a choice.
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Typically, I don't get to unwind after a day at work.
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We have to raise the minimum wage.
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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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Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves.
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Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we give our children a future of more or a future of less - this, too, is a choice.
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In 2013, Maryland had the second highest job creation rate of any state in the Mid Atlantic region - faster than both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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Some people see Baltimore as a hopeless place. Some have even made a lot of money on it.
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When the citizens of Baltimore banded together to repel the British during the War of 1812, three in five were immigrants, and one in five was black - some were free, some slaves.
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Extreme poverty is extremely dangerous.
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Progressive leaders always try to take action on the forward edge of that movement, movement toward greater respect for the equal rights of all.
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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 believe that we do our country a disservice when we make it harder for new American immigrants to abide by the rules of the road and obtain drivers licenses.
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The most fearless hearts, the audacious dreamers, have always maintained a sense of optimism that often flies in the face of the available evidence.