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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" I'm committed to structural changes. "

" People deserve to see progress. "

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

" I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face. "

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

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" Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor. "

" Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool. "

" 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. "

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

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

" We have to get past this persistent negativity. The negativity has held Rhode Island back for a long time. "

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

" My own rhetoric is not so 'us versus them.' I don't like fighting. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected. "

" Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs. "

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

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

" We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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? "