Quotes by Martin O'Malley

“I dont know where our flooding historian is, but it is certainly deeper than any of the pictures we saw from years past,”

“kind of surge that the experts only said would come from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, direct hit.”

“We should not try to make the federal government our first responders, ... But when a disaster of the size of this hurricane hits, we should have better mechanisms in place that allow our federal government to restore order and provide relief.”

“I thought thats what theyve been doing since Sept. 11,”

“Were glad to participate in this latest review, but what we need is not so much a review, but proactive steps and investments that make cities safer and stronger,”

“I think that they did not take into account the vulnerability of Americas ports. I think Congress needs to have further hearings on these things.”

“At a time of terrorist threat, when for years weve been saying our ports are vulnerable, we should not be surrendering any U.S. port to a foreign government, let alone the U.A.E., with their background.”

“I am calling upon President Bush to reverse the outrageous, the reckless and the irresponsible decision to turn over American ports to foreign governments.”

The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.

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

We are a people of many different religions and many different faiths. The only way forward in a pluralistic society of diverse faiths such as ours is to have laws that protect and respect the freedom of all, equally.

Justice must be done in investigating the tragic death of Mr. Freddie Gray. His family deserves our deepest sympathy and respect for their loss, and our admiration for their courage in calling us, as a city, to act as our better selves.

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

All of us, wherever we happen to stand on the marriage equality issue, can agree that all our children deserve the opportunity to live in a loving, caring, committed, and stable home, protected equally under the law.

Doing difficult things like passing marriage equality, passing the Dream Act, doing common sense things that allow new American immigrants to fully participate, pay their taxes, play by the rules and take care of their families. Thats the inclusive America that I believe all of us want to move to.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

I believe that there are new perspectives that are needed in order for us to resolve the problems that we face as Americans and also the problems we face as people on this planet, and I believe that new perspective and new leadership is needed.

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

We have now under President Obamas leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasnt happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.

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.