Gary Locke Quotes

China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower.

Gary Locke

• World
• History
• China

All the states are required, either by constitution or by statute, to have balanced budgets - they're not able to print money. So they have to focus on establishing priorities.

Gary Locke

• Money
• Focus
• Constitution

I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.

Gary Locke

• People
• World
• Think

I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.

Gary Locke

• People
• Think
• Always

I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.

Gary Locke

• Good
• Mystery
• Seattle

I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.

Gary Locke

• Believe
• American
• America

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.

Gary Locke

• Good
• School
• Job

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.

Gary Locke

• America
• Culture
• Diversity

The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle class. What China has done is nothing short of an economic transformation, and the citizens of this country have every right to be proud.

Gary Locke

• People
• Country
• Done