Quotes from Martin O'Malley

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

Marylanders have led the nation in adopting a balanced approach to revenues and investments because we know that in order to maintain and build the #1 public schools in the nation, we had to ask everyone to pay their fair share. We need Congress to do the same.

Public trust is essential to public safety.

None of us wants to pay more at the pump.

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

We are already witnessing a transformation in the U.S. economy to increased production of lower carbon energy through fuel switching to natural gas and expansion of wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable non-carbon intensive energy sources.

No woman who works full time and plays by the rules should have to raise her family in poverty.

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

A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have a new theory: Positive is the new negative.

Maryland first allowed early voting during the 2010 primary elections. In November 2012, more than 16 percent of registered voters in Maryland cast their ballots during the early voting period, and some polling places, particularly in our larger jurisdictions, witnessed early voting lines that were hours long.

The Center for American Progress rates Maryland as the best state in the nation for women. I couldn't agree more.

We make our own future; we govern ourselves, and to govern is to choose.

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.

There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.

The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all.

Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen.

We have not recovered all that we lost in the Bush recession. That's why we need to continue to move forward.

Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.

If workers have less money in their pockets to put food on the table, they will be spending less money; your economy will suffer.

The Republican Party is doubling down on this trickle-down theory that says, 'Thou shalt concentrate wealth at the very top of our society. Thou shalt remove regulation from wherever you find it, even on Wall Street. And thou shalt keep wages low for American workers so that we can be more competitive.'

Let's talk about policing and public safety. Let's debate what works and what does not. We must abandon practices that do not work, and do more of the things that actually do work to save lives.

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.

I go to the gym pretty regularly.

Some people see Baltimore as a hopeless place. Some have even made a lot of money on it.