Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Michael Capuano Quotes. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the Michael Capuano Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.
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Most of my friends are not multi-millionaires.
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What was Ted Kennedy? Was he not the ultimate insider in Washington, yet maintaining philosophical views, when necessary?
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Perfection is our enemy… not because we don’t want perfect candidates, but because perfect candidates don’t exist.
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I don’t measure people by whether they agree with me or not. I measure them by their sincerity. Sincerity, with as much reality as you can get. Sincerity with toughness, experience, and understanding of the issue – real understanding, not just academic and intellectual understanding. That takes some courage.
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All government is a mess. Democracy is always messy. It’s meant to be messy because smooth, thoughtful, precise, effective government leads to dictatorship. Don’t get me wrong, dictatorship is fine – as long as I’m the dictator. But if you’re not the dictator, not so good.
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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.
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I think Mr. Trump would have benefitted from growing up in my neighborhood. He would have learned the limits of his braggadocio.
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I always think the Democratic Party is and should be a broad tent that welcomes people from all political issues.
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I don’t judge people on one vote.
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I judge people on who they are.
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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.
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I have been disappointed with the way the majority of my colleagues have approached war and peace over the entire time I’ve been in Congress.
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Everybody wants to fall in love with the perfect candidate.
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I think it’s awfully difficult on the most important issues of the day… to remain silent, particularly when you’ve won a statewide election.
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It says more about America, what happened that day, than almost anything since. And yet, we tend to forget. None of us forgets on Memorial Day, none of us forgets on Flag Day, none of us forgets on Veterans Day. We should not forget on Bunker Hill Day.
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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.
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No politician wants to be challenged. They all say they want to be, but we all want to be anointed.
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In junior high, some would’ve seen me as a professional, a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer. Others would’ve seen me in jail. All depends on who you talked to.
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I’m fighting Donald Trump every day.
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All I’ve ever done in any campaign I’ve ever been in is just put myself out there and let people be the judge.
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If we create jobs, it’s all for the good.
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When you start new programs there’s always things you can’t anticipate.
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Look, I cannot be a woman of color, you know? And if that’s what people care about that’s fine. I accept that, I understand that.
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There is one funding suggestion that should be part of any transportation discussion, but most people don’t want to talk about it – raising the gas tax.
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No one is entitled to anything.
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I am as pro-immigrant as you can get, I believe America needs immigrants. But I also believe in strong borders.
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