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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" People deserve to see progress. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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