Charlie Baker Quotes

Charlie Baker

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 13, 1956

Whether it's the grind of the day to day, or a crisis, we all need to work together because that's what great public service is all about.

Charlie Baker

I would argue that the charter schools are really good at building programming and curriculum around the issues and the interests of the kids that they serve.

Charlie Baker

My wife, Lauren, is a remarkably good sport and one of the most adaptable personalities I've ever met.

Charlie Baker

Look I can't get into the minds of people who made decisions to support us or support anybody else. But I can tell you that Scott Lively, a lot of what he says and a lot of what he believes doesn't belong in public discourse.

Charlie Baker

Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci are my political role models.

Charlie Baker

I'm a very big believer that the primary focus for any organization at any point in time should always be smarter, better, faster.

Charlie Baker

Our obligation to the people we serve is too important to place politics and partisanship before progress and results.

Charlie Baker

I don't think any Patriots fan would want anything other than for Tom Brady to stay.

Charlie Baker

Look, there's no place and no point in public life, in any life, for a lot of the things Scott Lively says and believes.

Charlie Baker

Mitt Romney said many years ago that he thought Russia was the single biggest geopolitical threat to the United States and their presence in a variety of conflicts of one type or another have borne out much of what Mitt Romney said.

Charlie Baker

This is Massachusetts, we're supposed to be one of the tech centers of the world. We have MIT within walking distance of the state house.

Charlie Baker

Our Founders worried a lot about the tyranny of the majority. They designed our form of government to provide a loud voice for minority points of view. They hated the idea of unilateral power. And wanted to force advocates and policy makers, through structure and process, to compromise.

Charlie Baker

When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Charlie Baker

I'm not going to raise taxes.

Charlie Baker

We need to root out the waste and abuse that is rampant in our state agencies. When we do that and grow the economy, we will be able to fund the vital programs and services we need.

Charlie Baker

You just can't get surprised when you get surprised, because weird stuff just comes over the transom all the time, and it's not necessarily anything that you've planned for or anticipated.

Charlie Baker

Sometimes when something doesn't go the way it should go, everyone blames the concept. Sometimes we screw up the way we implement it.

Charlie Baker

I'm obviously a huge Bill Weld fan.

Charlie Baker

I believe I'm a real champion for women.

Charlie Baker

The most important thing you need to make one of those incubator/accelerator type projects work is to have some people who understand how to do it and want to do it in a particular place.

Charlie Baker