Dannel Malloy

“A state that houses the NCAA headquarters. Quite frankly, if Indiana doesn't say that they're going to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, the NCAA needs to move out of Indiana.”

“No state, as a matter of public policy, should turn back the clock on progress by, in effect, legalizing and relitigating the same types of discriminatory laws and debates that took America centuries to overcome.”

“You can't separate me from my upbringing as a child overcoming learning disabilities and having to make my way through that.”

“I was diagnosed as mentally retarded as late as the fourth grade.”

“Indiana houses the home offices of most fraternities and sororities in the country. If Indiana doesn't pass a law that guarantees people that they'll be free of discrimination, those fraternities and sororities need to move out of Indiana.”

“Connecticut would not be Connecticut if we cut $3.5 billion out of the budget. We are a strong, generous, hopeful people. We'd be taking $800 million out of education. You can't do that in this state.”

“Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.”

“We found that Central Americans and Hispanics are somewhat reluctant to send their children off to school as early as Anglo-Americans born in this country. There are some cultural differences.”

“You know and I know and economists know that trickle-down economics doesn't work.”

“Codifying discrimination in our laws should be something we read about in American history, not on the front pages of today's American newspapers and magazines.”

“I can't write things. I'm embarrassed all the time about that, particularly if people don't know that about me.”

“If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.”

“When we protect our children in their schools or on our streets, we are living up to our obligations - obligations which we should take solemnly.”

“Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.”

“No one is confused about what a Democrat is in a presidential election. In every election other than a presidential election, our voters are confused. We've given out too many different messages.”

“I have just been the man in the middle, trying to make sure that we steer the right course.”

“I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.”

“I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.”

“I am a person of faith who believes deeply in the right to exercise religious beliefs.”

“What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute to.”