Dannel Malloy Quotes

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

— Dannel Malloy

Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

— Dannel Malloy

“The early development of the human brain is extremely important for setting the table, if you will, for potential future accomplishment.”

— Dannel Malloy

“Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It's in our Constitution. It's in most state constitutions.”

— Dannel Malloy

“We have to expose Republicans for the frauds that they are when it comes to what they want to do for working men and women.”

— Dannel Malloy

“There's a difference between expanding someone's potential and expanding their actual performance. Performance may measure other things, whether one's culture supports education, other socio-economic factors.”

— Dannel Malloy

“Democrats tend to think of elections as cycles. Republicans don't: It's ongoing and constant.”

— Dannel Malloy

I am a person of faith who believes deeply in the right to exercise religious beliefs.

— Dannel Malloy

I can't write things. I'm embarrassed all the time about that, particularly if people don't know that about me.

— Dannel Malloy

“I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.”

— Dannel Malloy

“I don't think that we'll support any state that is prepared to discriminate against the citizens of Connecticut.”

— Dannel Malloy

“I have just been the man in the middle, trying to make sure that we steer the right course.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

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

— Dannel Malloy

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

— Dannel Malloy

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

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

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

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

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

— Dannel Malloy

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

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

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.

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy

“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.”

— Dannel Malloy