Latest Martin O'Malley Quotes from Interviews

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• I think we should want all of our cities to become more compassionate places, frankly.

  Martin O'Malley

  Thinking, Cities, Want

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I believe keeping families together is in the best interest of the United States. And in the past the level of deportations, and the mindlessness with which they've been carried out, that's hurt the United States.

  Martin O'Malley

  Hurt, Believe, Past

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I think America is moving to a much more connected, inclusive and compassionate place.

  Martin O'Malley

  Moving, Thinking, America

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• An election is an opportunity for a new consensus.

  Martin O'Malley

  Opportunity, Election, Consensus

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• The only thing that's consistent in politics is change.

  Martin O'Malley

  Consistent

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Donald Trump is an unstable charlatan who is appealing to the worst instincts in people, and I believe ultimately the American people are going to reject that.

  Martin O'Malley

  Believe, People, Instinct

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president.

  Martin O'Malley

  Self, President, Facts

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• Look, being president of the United States is the toughest job in the world and I can tell you, as someone who has worked with Secretary Clinton and competed against her that she is a tough person who is ready to do this job.

  Martin O'Malley

  Jobs, President, World

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go.

  Martin O'Malley

  Focus, Needs, Isil

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that all of our Muslim American neighbors in this country are somehow our enemies here. They are our first line of defense.

  Martin O'Malley

  Country, Fall, Thinking

  The CBS Democratic debate, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

• We are going to be able to defeat ISIS on the ground there, as well as in this world, because of the Muslim Americans in our country and throughout the world who understand that this brutal and barbaric group is perverting the name of a great world religion.

  Martin O'Malley

  Country, Names, Isis

  The CBS Democratic debate, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

• As Americans, we have shown ourselves to have the greatest military on the face of the planet, but we are not so very good at anticipating threats and appreciating just how difficult it is to build up stable democracies, to make the investments and sustainable development that we must as a nation if we are to attack the root causes of these sorts of instability.

  Martin O'Malley

  Military, Roots, Appreciate

  The CBS Democratic debate, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

• We need to be much more far thinking in this new 21st century era of - of nation state failures and conflict. It's not just about getting rid of a single dictator. It is about understanding the secondary and third consequences that fall next.

  Martin O'Malley

  Fall, Thinking, Understanding

  "Hillary Clinton at Democratic debate: ISIS 'cannot be contained'" by MJ Lee, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2015.

• We took out the safe haven in Afghanistan, but now there is, undoubtedly, a larger safe haven and we must rise to this occasion in collaboration and with alliances to confront it, and invest in the future much better human intelligence so we know what the next steps are.

  Martin O'Malley

  Safe Haven, Next Steps, Collaboration

  The CBS Democratic debate, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

• Our role in the world is not to roam the globe looking for new dictators to topple. Our role in the world is to make ourselves a beacon of hope. Make ourselves stronger at home, but also our role in the world, yes, is also to confront evil when it rises.

  Martin O'Malley

  Home, Evil, Stronger

  The CBS Democratic debate, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

• ISIS has brought down a Russian airliner. ISIS has now attacked a western democracy in - in France. And we do have a role in this. Not solely ours, but we must work collaboratively with other nations.

  Martin O'Malley

  Isis, Democracy, Roles

  The CBS Democratic debate, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

• The world is a very dangerous place. But the world is not too dangerous of a place for the United States of America provided we act according to our principles, provided we act intelligently.

  Martin O'Malley

  America, Principles, United States

  Martin O'Malley during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, www.cbsnews.com. November 14, 2015.

• When people live in the full light of an open society, paying their taxes, abiding by the rules, that makes not only our country safer and more secure because people are not relegated to living in the shadows and not creating underground economies, it also is better for wages because the fact that people are working on the books in the open means that there's greater demand for labor and you don't have this submarket.

  Martin O'Malley

  Country, Book, Mean

  "Where does Democrat Martin O'Malley stand?". Interview with The Des Moines Register, www.desmoinesregister.com. March 22, 2015.

• 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.

  Martin O'Malley

  Religious, Believe, Practice

  "Where does Democrat Martin O'Malley stand?". Interview with The Des Moines Register, www.desmoinesregister.com. March 22, 2015.

• I think we can all agree that every child's home deserves to be protected equally under the law, that there is dignity in every child's home.

  Martin O'Malley

  Children, Home, Thinking

  "Where does Democrat Martin O'Malley stand?". Interview with The Des Moines Register, www.desmoinesregister.com. March 22, 2015.

• I think we need an American jobs agenda for the climate challenge which means American renewable grid, more renewable energy.

  Martin O'Malley

  Jobs, Mean, Thinking

  "Where does Democrat Martin O'Malley stand?". Interview with The Des Moines Register, www.desmoinesregister.com. March 22, 2015.

• We do need to confront evil in this world, but we do need to work with the other nation.

  Martin O'Malley

  Evil, Needs, World

  "Where does Democrat Martin O'Malley stand?". Interview with The Des Moines Register, www.desmoinesregister.com. March 22, 2015.

• His problem, is that the other side of Lindsey Graham is that he's known as sort of, I don't know, a moderate, an accommodationist.

  Martin O'Malley

  Sides, Problem, Knows

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The Clintons are very close with everybody on the Democratic side.

  Martin O'Malley

  Sides, Clinton, Democratic

  Source: www.pbs.org

• A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.

  Martin O'Malley

  Class, Growth, Stronger

  FaceBook post by Martin O'Malley from Jul 22, 2015