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" My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together. "

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

" People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day. "

" I'll bring colleges and industry together to develop new products in marine science, green technology, and medical devices, and to train our workers to fill those jobs... We need to get Rhode Islanders back to work. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are. "

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

" During my four years as treasurer, we restructured our pension system, cutting the state's unfunded liability almost by half and putting our retirement system on stronger footing. "

" The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure. "

" I want to be able to look my daughter's teacher in the eye and say, 'Your pension will be there.' I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep. "

" If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be. "

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

" I'm committed to structural changes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table. "

" We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results. "

" I've been told I'm a workaholic. "

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

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

" Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them. "

" 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. "

" What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages. "

" There's lots of people driving on the roads who don't have licenses. They're still going to work, still going to school. I want them to get a license and insurance so they're driving safely. "

" I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch. "

" I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems. "

" In many cases, Rhode Island is just not on the radar of a lot of companies. But once companies or people take the time to look at our high quality of life, low cost of living, great talent, good business environment, often people see it's an excellent place, and they want to take a harder look. "