I think that hope, that ...

I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.
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 Deval Patrick

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One great thing about being a black man is that if you put on a hat, you can move around unnoticed.
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It's a free country. I wish it weren't.
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We'll be competitive with organized labor, we're also competitive with regular, unorganized labor, working people who see their stakes and their future in the plans we're putting forward to move Massachusetts forward.
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