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
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
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
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
Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world. – Dannel Malloy
Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It’s in our Constitution. It’s in most state constitutions. – 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
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
If we stand idly by while states legalize bigotry, we are responsible for allowing it to happen. – 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
Democrats tend to think of elections as cycles. Republicans don’t: It’s ongoing and constant. – 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
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
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
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
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
What I’m hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That’s what I’m trying to contribute to. – 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
I am a person of faith who believes deeply in the right to exercise religious beliefs. – 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
I can’t write things. I’m embarrassed all the time about that, particularly if people don’t know that about me. – 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
