Top 40 Charlie Baker Quotes

Our Founders worried a lot about the tyranny of the majority. They designed our form of government to provide a loud voice for minority points of view. They hated the idea of unilateral power. And wanted to force advocates and policy makers, through structure and process, to compromise.

The thing I would say is governments have the tendency to over-promise and under-perform. So the over-promise part ends up sounding very aspirational. But it’s the performance part that ultimately people feel every day and read about. And my goal is to make sure, whatever it is we aspire to, that we deliver on.

I’m a big believer in what I call demand-style workforce development. It looks at what kinds of skills are in demand out there in the workplace. It takes that approach to skill-building.

Look I can’t get into the minds of people who made decisions to support us or support anybody else. But I can tell you that Scott Lively, a lot of what he says and a lot of what he believes doesn’t belong in public discourse.

One of the advantages of getting elected governor when you’re 58 instead of 38 is you have some mileage on you and part of that means some history and some relationships with people who have spent a fair amount of their career in the public and in the private sector.

I’ve said for a long time that the governor and the mayors should be far more engaged in this conversation at the federal level. I mean, the consequences and the impact of the federal government’s broken immigration policy do not land on the backs of the people in Washington. They just don’t.

I think people are kind of tired of the really amped-up rhetoric that passes for a lot of political dialogue, and they appreciate the fact that that’s not the way we are participating in this process.

Competition in politics is just as important as competition in everything else.

When my brothers and I were young, my mom, a Democrat, and my dad, a Republican, used to lead freewheeling discussions at our dinner table. The only rule was paying attention when others were talking, and no interrupting.

I’m a proud product of the Massachusetts public schools.

Across Massachusetts, there are many talented and inspiring educators doing for their students what their predecessors did for me.

I’ve supported a lot of folks with a lot of points of view. But I have concerns about Mr. Trump’s temperament. Some of the things he’s said about women, Muslims and religious freedom, I just can’t support.

The most important thing you need to make one of those incubator/accelerator type projects work is to have some people who understand how to do it and want to do it in a particular place.

I’ve said many times that people are policy. And to be truly successful in any big organization you need to put people into jobs where they have relevant experience, relevant subject-matter expertise and the capacity to actually perform.

Balance is a good thing – checks and balances are a good thing.

Mitt Romney said many years ago that he thought Russia was the single biggest geopolitical threat to the United States and their presence in a variety of conflicts of one type or another have borne out much of what Mitt Romney said.

We all benefit from the shared experiences of our partners from around the world. Our education, health care, business and public sector institutions rely on these relationships to deliver on their missions every single day.

I hope when I am governor and it’s all over, I am a governor who underpromised and overdelivered.

I don’t like it necessarily when other people speak for me.

When I left Harvard Pilgrim, it had been ranked first in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for customer satisfaction for six years in a row.

I saw ‘The Sting’ about 35 times and ‘Jeremiah Johnson’ and ‘Billy Jack’ about 50 times.

I’m not a virtue signaler.

There’s value in checks and balances. And there’s value in having independence in the governor’s office with respect to the legislature.

When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Former Gov. Weld is that kind of guy who you can’t predict what his next move will be.

I think I’ve got a track record and an experience brief that I’ll put up against anybody’s.

Expanding Massachusetts’ developing gaming industry to include wagering on professional sports is an opportunity for Massachusetts to invest in local aid while remaining competitive with many other states pursuing similar regulations.

I would argue that the charter schools are really good at building programming and curriculum around the issues and the interests of the kids that they serve.

We live in a great state filled with creative, community minded, hard-working, decent people. And what they want from us is opportunity, possibility and hope.

I’m obviously a huge Bill Weld fan.

This is Massachusetts, we’re supposed to be one of the tech centers of the world. We have MIT within walking distance of the state house.

Tom Brady has given a tremendous amount of happiness joy and amazement to people all over New England and to fans outside New England as well.

I don’t think any Patriots fan would want anything other than for Tom Brady to stay.

As governor, I would seek to ensure that Massachusetts has access to a balanced portfolio of low-cost energy that doesn’t put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to other states, or put an even heavier burden on working families.

There are a number of issues that I disagree vehemently with Mr. Trump on. I question whether he’s got the temperament to serve as president.

When a mom or dad can stop worrying about where they will lay their head each night they can start climbing back on their feet and out of poverty.

We need to root out the waste and abuse that is rampant in our state agencies. When we do that and grow the economy, we will be able to fund the vital programs and services we need.

I rode it a lot before I was governor. I rode the commuter rail for a lot of years, I rode the T for a lot of years, and I talk to people all the time who ride both.

We must have courage to set partisanship aside and embrace the best ideas and solutions no matter which side of the aisle they come from.

A strong Commonwealth is built on a foundation of strong communities. Friendly, welcoming, bustling neighborhoods and downtowns. Great schools. Safe, accessible, attractive places to play. Growing local economies. And a belief that anything is possible.