Quotes from Dannel Malloy


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If you're nice, if you like yourself, if you treat other people well, you're going to be successful. I guarantee it.


Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.


What we want to do is guarantee all 4-year-old children in the City of Stamford a prekindergarten experience regardless of their financial circumstances.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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


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.


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


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.


If we stand idly by while states legalize bigotry, we are responsible for allowing it to happen.


I was not going to balance the budgets on the backs of communities.


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


I have to tell you, I'll be right up front about it: I'm the governor of the state of Connecticut, and I can't write anything well.