We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.

You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.

Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.

I think our Republican brand is an effective one and I think it fits and works here in Massachusetts.

Learning how to communicate to big audiences, and how to frame a message in a way that works in a sound-bite world, that for me is very challenging.

Anybody is beatable.

I'm obviously a huge Bill Weld fan.

Whether it's the grind of the day to day, or a crisis, we all need to work together because that's what great public service is all about.

The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.

We live in a great state filled with creative, community minded, hard-working, decent people. And what they want from us is opportunity, possibility and hope.

A strong Commonwealth is built on a foundation of strong communities. Friendly, welcoming, bustling neighborhoods and downtowns. Great schools. Safe, accessible, attractive places to play. Growing local economies. And a belief that anything is possible.

Our Founders worried a lot about the tyranny of the majority. They designed our form of government to provide a loud voice for minority points of view. They hated the idea of unilateral power. And wanted to force advocates and policy makers, through structure and process, to compromise.

Our communities are strong because local leaders and active citizens listen and learn from the people they serve.

Sometimes when something doesn't go the way it should go, everyone blames the concept. Sometimes we screw up the way we implement it.

We believe it is essential to establish federal emission reduction targets that can vary by state or region with policy flexibility for states to design solutions that work for their unique circumstances. Such targets would level the playing field and send a clear signal to business and industry as we transition to a clean energy economy.

I'm a proud product of the Massachusetts public schools.

Across Massachusetts, there are many talented and inspiring educators doing for their students what their predecessors did for me.

There are exceptional schools in many of our most disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout the Commonwealth. Proving they can get it done for kids, no matter what their circumstances.

I've said a thousand times I want every community to be a place where people believe tomorrow is going to be better than today. I say that not just because I believe it, but because I believe in it.

I saw 'The Sting' about 35 times and 'Jeremiah Johnson' and 'Billy Jack' about 50 times.

Do I miss Harvard? Not for a second. With a few exceptions... those four years are ones I would rather forget.

Former Gov. Weld is that kind of guy who you can't predict what his next move will be.

Look I can't get into the minds of people who made decisions to support us or support anybody else. But I can tell you that Scott Lively, a lot of what he says and a lot of what he believes doesn't belong in public discourse.

Look, there's no place and no point in public life, in any life, for a lot of the things Scott Lively says and believes.