There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.
— Martin O'Malley
The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.
Democrats haven't been functioning effectively as a party at the national level.
People are looking for a leader independent of powerful, wealthy special interests that always push to the front of the line.
There are more repercussions for a person being a chronic speeding violator in our country, than there is for a big bank being a chronic violator of S.E.C. rules!
There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.
It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.
God is simply love.
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.
Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue.
To create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments.
If we want better results, we have to make better choices.
We can never completely prevent another tragedy like the Boston Marathon attacks from happening. But every American should ask themselves if their community is as prepared as it could be.
There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.
Twenty-first century buildings support a 21st century education - because it is difficult to learn or to teach if you are shivering.
No woman who works full time and plays by the rules should have to raise her family in poverty.
People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.
I think it's really, really important to grow the consensus and to realize that there is always some value that can be shared with another American, on any issue. Starting from those points of common belief and shared values is very, I think, important to forging the consensus that allows these issues to more forward.
I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999.
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 reason that billionaires should crowd us out from our democracy.
I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street.
Protecting our land, our air and our water is a very important thing that we can only do together.
In Maryland, we consider ourselves pro-growth Americans.
God doesn't make mistakes and has made each of us in his own image. God is simply love. There should be no fear in love.
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.
The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker.
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.
Who can sit back as our towns and cities are torn apart by violence and be content with the status quo?
The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this right is eroded.
There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.
The most valuable investment we can make is in our children's education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn.
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.
Putting aside competitive interests for a new kind of collaboration, Maryland pioneered a real-time encounter notification service to alert primary care doctors when their patients are hospitalized.
When you create an economy where you subsidize corporate profits through a welfare program and food stamps in order to keep wages low in some perverse pursuit of 'competiveness,' than you reap the fruits of the anger that you sow.
As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.
I'm not for the sort of trade deals that hollow out our standards while they hollow out our middle class and middle class wages.
We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.
Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.
You can't strengthen the ranks of your middle class, you can't strengthen and grow the ranks of your businesses and family-owned businesses, unless you are fiscally responsible.
Reversing deforestation is complicated; planting a tree is simple.
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.
There is not a country on earth that could get its fiscal house in order by shrinking opportunity and depressing growth.
Maryland is home to one of the world's most highly skilled, highly educated workforces.
Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.
While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.
Maryland first allowed early voting during the 2010 primary elections. In November 2012, more than 16 percent of registered voters in Maryland cast their ballots during the early voting period, and some polling places, particularly in our larger jurisdictions, witnessed early voting lines that were hours long.
Every child should be given a strong start to their education.
The march of progress must continue.
The Center for American Progress rates Maryland as the best state in the nation for women. I couldn't agree more.
