I very much believe in values-based leadership, and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values. They have nothing…

- Deval Patrick

I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way…

- Deval Patrick

It's a free country. I wish it weren't.

- Deval Patrick

If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

- Deval Patrick

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self an…

- Deval Patrick

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

- Deval Patrick

Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.

- Deval Patrick

A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.

- Deval Patrick

Hope for the best and work for it.

- Deval Patrick