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" It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice. "

Gina Raimondo

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" I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government. "

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" I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement. "

" Maybe you think, 'I'm not college material.' Maybe you worry that you don't have the money. Then you take the SAT. You see that colleges are getting in touch with you. You begin to think maybe you are ready for college. "

" The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls. "

" Those diplomas on my wall would not be there without the GI Bill that educated my father, without the public library, without the RIPTA bus. "

" I'm going to ask one question for everything that comes across my desk, which is, 'How is this going to create jobs?' "

" Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced. "

" The public library is where I studied. It's where my grandfather taught himself English. "

" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "

" We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure. "

" You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island. "

" People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security. "

" I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end. "

" A government that doesn't work is in no one's interest. "

" People deserve to see progress. "

" We can just keep doing it the way we're doing it. We can attack everybody for small-minded things and crush everybody with a new idea. And where are we going to be? Where we are now - behind. Or we can embrace new things and try to be positive and let everybody play a role. "

" The public bus is how I got to school every day. "

" If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works. "

" Let's make the SAT and PSAT free so everyone has a chance to succeed. "

" We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests. "

" Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice. "

" Budgets that don't balance, public programs that aren't funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren't funded - How does that help anyone? "