Martin O'Malley Quotes
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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.
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We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.
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None of us wants to pay more at the pump.
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There are people in whole parts of our cities who are being totally left behind and disregarded. They are unheard. They are told they are unneeded by this economy. And that extreme poverty breeds conditions for extreme violence.
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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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I think the best campaigns are campaigns of ideas and substance.
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I go to the gym pretty regularly.
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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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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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Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.
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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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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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We have to raise the minimum wage.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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Who can sit back as our towns and cities are torn apart by violence and be content with the status quo?
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When I was in Grade 9, there was an election for high school president, and one of the candidates told us that if we elected him, he would abolish homework. He promised this to the entire student body from the stage in the school gymnasium.
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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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Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves.