Martin Omalley Affair Quotes

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. ~ Martin O'Malley

There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education. ~ Martin O'Malley

There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding. ~ Martin O'Malley

Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back. ~ Martin O'Malley

We took out the safe haven in Afghanistan, but now there is, undoubtedly, a larger safe haven and we must rise to this occasion in collaboration and with alliances to confront it, and invest in the future much better human intelligence so we know what the next steps are. ~ Martin O'Malley

My all-time favourite political promise - more a boast than a promise, really - came from former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who said in the lead-up to the 1976 Olympics, 'The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.' ~ Martin O'Malley

Let's talk about policing and public safety. Let's debate what works and what does not. We must abandon practices that do not work, and do more of the things that actually do work to save lives. ~ Martin O'Malley

Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down. ~ Martin O'Malley

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members. ~ Martin O'Malley

The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker. ~ Martin O'Malley

There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line. ~ Martin O'Malley

The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all. ~ Martin O'Malley

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them. ~ Martin O'Malley

Democrats haven't been functioning effectively as a party at the national level. ~ Martin O'Malley

Public trust is essential to public safety. ~ Martin O'Malley

Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office. ~ Martin O'Malley

The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a kind of a real demographic corner, if you will. ~ Martin O'Malley

Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen. ~ Martin O'Malley

The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class. ~ Martin O'Malley

Doing difficult things like passing marriage equality, passing the Dream Act, doing common sense things that allow new American immigrants to fully participate, pay their taxes, play by the rules and take care of their families. That's the inclusive America that I believe all of us want to move to. ~ Martin O'Malley

Extreme poverty is extremely dangerous. ~ Martin O'Malley

Look, being president of the United States is the toughest job in the world and I can tell you, as someone who has worked with Secretary Clinton and competed against her that she is a tough person who is ready to do this job. ~ Martin O'Malley

Maryland is home to one of the world's most highly skilled, highly educated workforces. ~ Martin O'Malley

If you give voters a choice between a Democrat who promises to do nothing and a Republican who promises to do nothing, they're generally going to side with the Republican, because they're better at that than we are. ~ Martin O'Malley

I was motivated to go into public life because of the great chasm that exists between justice and injustice in our country. Nowhere is that divide greater than in America's cities. ~ Martin O'Malley

I believe marriage is a human right, not a state right. ~ Martin O'Malley

Senator Mikulski has done an outstanding job representing Maryland in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years. ~ Martin O'Malley

I think we can all agree that every child's home deserves to be protected equally under the law, that there is dignity in every child's home. ~ Martin O'Malley

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. ~ Martin O'Malley

So, look, in order to move our country forward, we have to do the things our parents and grandparents did. They believed enough in our country to invest in our country, to create jobs, to make modern investments. And those are the things that we need to get back to with a balanced approach. ~ Martin O'Malley

Putting middle class families in jeopardy in order to protect the wealthiest among us isn't consistent with the values and priorities that most Americans share. ~ Martin O'Malley

There is no reason that billionaires should crowd us out from our democracy. ~ Martin O'Malley

Maryland schools succeed because we have never stopped investing in our students and doing the things that work. ~ Martin O'Malley

The most valuable investment we can make is in our children's education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn. ~ Martin O'Malley

We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government. ~ Martin O'Malley

I believe in the dignity of every person. I believe that while we are all free to practice our religion, and to hold whatever religious beliefs we choose. ~ Martin O'Malley

Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money. ~ Martin O'Malley

I'm not opposed to free trade if it's fair trade. But I am opposed to bad trade deals. ~ Martin O'Malley

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. ~ Martin O'Malley

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue. ~ Martin O'Malley

Donald Trump is an unstable charlatan who is appealing to the worst instincts in people, and I believe ultimately the American people are going to reject that. ~ Martin O'Malley

I've been an executive and a progressive executive with a record of accomplishments. ~ Martin O'Malley

Marylanders have led the nation in adopting a balanced approach to revenues and investments because we know that in order to maintain and build the #1 public schools in the nation, we had to ask everyone to pay their fair share. We need Congress to do the same. ~ Martin O'Malley

We have to raise the minimum wage. ~ Martin O'Malley

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that all of our Muslim American neighbors in this country are somehow our enemies here. They are our first line of defense. ~ Martin O'Malley

I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street. ~ Martin O'Malley

As Americans, we have shown ourselves to have the greatest military on the face of the planet, but we are not so very good at anticipating threats and appreciating just how difficult it is to build up stable democracies, to make the investments and sustainable development that we must as a nation if we are to attack the root causes of these sorts of instability. ~ Martin O'Malley

Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president. ~ Martin O'Malley

We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends. ~ Martin O'Malley