Michael Capuano

“In a short campaign there's no way any of us can meet all the voters.”

“Whether it was expanding healthcare, stimulating the local economy and job growth, innovating in the schools, or protecting our precious environmental resources, Deval focused every day on moving Massachusetts forward.”

“No one is entitled to anything.”

“The times have changed and people do need to change with them and I believe I have done that.”

“I like working in the shadows.”

“My statements and actions are pretty clear.”

“I'm happy and very proud that I voted against the Iraq war.”

“I think Mr. Trump would have benefitted from growing up in my neighborhood. He would have learned the limits of his braggadocio.”

“I don't try to be something I'm not, I don't try to pretend that I'm something I'm not, I don't try to present myself as something I'm not.”

“I always think the Democratic Party is and should be a broad tent that welcomes people from all political issues.”

“I tell people in Washington that I'm not the most progressive person in my district and they are shocked.”

“I have never had more money than my opponents.”

“I really wish everyone at the age of 18 would register and would vote.”

“I feel strongly that the Democratic body is supposed to be representing the average American who is unaware and incapable of defending themselves when it comes to things like Wall Street abusing them.”

“Democrats should be welcoming to anyone who shares our general values.”

“I think it's right, to have many voices at the table before you send somebody else's child to war.”

“Look, when you're in the public life you have to understand, the press - good bad or indifferent - is going to chase you on occasion. When they do, you give them an opportunity to do their job and then you generally get the respect that they'll move out of your way but not always.”

“The whole purpose of me seeking public office is to make the world a better place. When I put my name on the ballot, I obviously think that I'm the best candidate to do that.”

“Politicians try to see the world through other people's lenses and try to bring people together so that we can have a mutual view of the world - and how do we work together, not from the individual views that we all have.”

“There's nothing wrong with new blood, but it has to be balanced as well with people that have been around that know the history of what's happened, know the internal relationships between people, know what you can do and what you can't do.”