MARTIN O'MALLEY

Our story, Maryland's story, is the story of better choices and better results.

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

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.

Back on September 11, terrorists attacked our metropolitan cores, two of America's great cities. They did that because they knew that was where they could do the most damage and weaken us the most.

The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a kind of a real demographic corner, if you will.

The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker.

I am not surprised that this is a longer bit of work than many of us would have hoped. It is not where any of us would have hoped it is. And I think we need to give credit to the Republicans in Congress who have done everything they can to defeat every jobs bill and slow down the economy.

Twenty-first century buildings support a 21st century education - because it is difficult to learn or to teach if you are shivering.

Protecting our land, our air and our water is a very important thing that we can only do together.

Maryland is home to one of the world's most highly skilled, highly educated workforces.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

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

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

I like Iowa. I know Iowa. I've spent some time in Iowa. Good people in Iowa. It's a great state.

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

If we want better results, we have to make better choices.

History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable.

There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.

People are looking for a leader independent of powerful, wealthy special interests that always push to the front of the line.

The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.

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.

When I was in Grade 9, there was an election for high school president, and one of the candidates told us that if we elected him, he would abolish homework. He promised this to the entire student body from the stage in the school gymnasium.

I think it would be an extreme poverty indeed if there weren't more than one person willing to compete for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.

I'm not opposed to free trade if it's fair trade. But I am opposed to bad trade deals.

My all-time favourite political promise - more a boast than a promise, really - came from former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who said in the lead-up to the 1976 Olympics, 'The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.'