Deval Patrick Quotes

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 to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

~ 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

I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.

~ Deval Patrick

The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that July, and on my birthday, my father happened to be playing in a local jazz club called Pigfoot and invited me to join him. I hadn't spent a birthday with him since I was 3, but I agreed.

~ Deval Patrick