Martin O'Malley

“There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.”

“The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families.”

“Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down.”

“But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.”

“Putting middle class families in jeopardy in order to protect the wealthiest among us isn't consistent with the values and priorities that most Americans share.”

“You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.”

“Job creation is a choice. Investing in cleaner, greener technologies that allow us to strike a more sustainable balance with the other living systems of this earth - this, too, is a choice.”

“Let's talk about policing and public safety. Let's debate what works and what does not. We must abandon practices that do not work, and do more of the things that actually do work to save lives.”

“I believe marriage is a human right, not a state right.”

“A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have a new theory: Positive is the new negative.”

“There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.”

“Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.”

“It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.”

“We are already witnessing a transformation in the U.S. economy to increased production of lower carbon energy through fuel switching to natural gas and expansion of wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable non-carbon intensive energy sources.”

“I think the best campaigns are campaigns of ideas and substance.”

“Marylanders have led the nation in adopting a balanced approach to revenues and investments because we know that in order to maintain and build the #1 public schools in the nation, we had to ask everyone to pay their fair share. We need Congress to do the same.”

“Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves.”

“There is an adage in business that says that you should only compete when you have a competitive advantage. When it comes to cybersecurity, Maryland has a whole host of competitive advantages.”

“God is simply love.”

“Doing difficult things like passing marriage equality, passing the Dream Act, doing common sense things that allow new American immigrants to fully participate, pay their taxes, play by the rules and take care of their families. That's the inclusive America that I believe all of us want to move to.”