Quotes from Martin O'Malley

Maryland schools succeed because we have never stopped investing in our students and doing the things that work.

Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.

There are people in whole parts of our cities who are being totally left behind and disregarded. They are unheard. They are told they are unneeded by this economy. And that extreme poverty breeds conditions for extreme violence.

I believe in the dignity of every person. I believe that while we are all free to practice our religion, and to hold whatever religious beliefs we choose.

There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.

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

Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we give our children a future of more or a future of less - this, too, is a choice.

We have now under President Obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.