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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector. "

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

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

" People deserve to see progress. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch. "

" 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. "

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

" The governor's not allowed to drive. That's part of the life you accept. "

" I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow. "

" I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community. "

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

" 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? "

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

" I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. "

" 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. "