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" I was diagnosed as mentally retarded as late as the fourth grade. "

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" I was not going to balance the budgets on the backs of communities. "

" What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute to. "

" No state, as a matter of public policy, should turn back the clock on progress by, in effect, legalizing and relitigating the same types of discriminatory laws and debates that took America centuries to overcome. "

" You know and I know and economists know that trickle-down economics doesn't work. "

" The early development of the human brain is extremely important for setting the table, if you will, for potential future accomplishment. "

" I am a person of faith who believes deeply in the right to exercise religious beliefs. "

" I have to tell you, I'll be right up front about it: I'm the governor of the state of Connecticut, and I can't write anything well. "

" Indiana houses the home offices of most fraternities and sororities in the country. If Indiana doesn't pass a law that guarantees people that they'll be free of discrimination, those fraternities and sororities need to move out of Indiana. "

" Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world. "

" A state that houses the NCAA headquarters. Quite frankly, if Indiana doesn't say that they're going to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, the NCAA needs to move out of Indiana. "

" If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people. "

" If you're nice, if you like yourself, if you treat other people well, you're going to be successful. I guarantee it. "

" I have just been the man in the middle, trying to make sure that we steer the right course. "

" Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters. "

" If we stand idly by while states legalize bigotry, we are responsible for allowing it to happen. "

" You can't separate me from my upbringing as a child overcoming learning disabilities and having to make my way through that. "

" I don't think that we'll support any state that is prepared to discriminate against the citizens of Connecticut. "

" I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class. "

" Democrats tend to think of elections as cycles. Republicans don't: It's ongoing and constant. "

" Connecticut would not be Connecticut if we cut $3.5 billion out of the budget. We are a strong, generous, hopeful people. We'd be taking $800 million out of education. You can't do that in this state. "

" Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It's in our Constitution. It's in most state constitutions. "

" There's a difference between expanding someone's potential and expanding their actual performance. Performance may measure other things, whether one's culture supports education, other socio-economic factors. "

" Codifying discrimination in our laws should be something we read about in American history, not on the front pages of today's American newspapers and magazines. "

" Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington. "