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.

Do I miss Harvard? Not for a second. With a few exceptions... those four years are ones I would rather forget.

Former Gov. Weld is that kind of guy who you can't predict what his next move will be.

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.

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.

We all benefit from the shared experiences of our partners from around the world. Our education, health care, business and public sector institutions rely on these relationships to deliver on their missions every single day.

Massachusetts is a global community.

Tom Brady has given a tremendous amount of happiness joy and amazement to people all over New England and to fans outside New England as well.

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

I don't like it necessarily when other people speak for me.

I saw 'The Sting' about 35 times and 'Jeremiah Johnson' and 'Billy Jack' about 50 times.

I think it's important for people to believe their elections are on the up and up and they aren't being tampered with by anyone, and in this particular instance there's a large body of evidence that at a minimum Russia tried to tamper with our election.

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.

Expanding Massachusetts' developing gaming industry to include wagering on professional sports is an opportunity for Massachusetts to invest in local aid while remaining competitive with many other states pursuing similar regulations.

As governor, I would seek to ensure that Massachusetts has access to a balanced portfolio of low-cost energy that doesn't put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to other states, or put an even heavier burden on working families.

If our elected representatives want to further increase the gas tax, they should have to take a vote each time they do.

Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci are my political role models.

When I left Harvard Pilgrim, it had been ranked first in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for customer satisfaction for six years in a row.

The Democrats for the most part want to raise taxes, we don't.

I don't think it's appropriate for people who are citizens of Massachusetts to be waiting in line when folks who aren't citizens access benefits.

Success is measured by what we accomplish together.

I think our Republican brand is an effective one and I think it fits and works here in Massachusetts.

Learning how to communicate to big audiences, and how to frame a message in a way that works in a sound-bite world, that for me is very challenging.

Anybody is beatable.

I'm obviously a huge Bill Weld fan.

Nobody wants to see someone's life ruined over a small-time lapse in judgment.

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.

The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.

We live in a great state filled with creative, community minded, hard-working, decent people. And what they want from us is opportunity, possibility and hope.

A strong Commonwealth is built on a foundation of strong communities. Friendly, welcoming, bustling neighborhoods and downtowns. Great schools. Safe, accessible, attractive places to play. Growing local economies. And a belief that anything is possible.

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.

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.

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

Our communities are strong because local leaders and active citizens listen and learn from the people they serve.

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

We believe it is essential to establish federal emission reduction targets that can vary by state or region with policy flexibility for states to design solutions that work for their unique circumstances. Such targets would level the playing field and send a clear signal to business and industry as we transition to a clean energy economy.

I'm a proud product of the Massachusetts public schools.

Across Massachusetts, there are many talented and inspiring educators doing for their students what their predecessors did for me.

There are exceptional schools in many of our most disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout the Commonwealth. Proving they can get it done for kids, no matter what their circumstances.

I've said a thousand times I want every community to be a place where people believe tomorrow is going to be better than today. I say that not just because I believe it, but because I believe in it.

Competition in politics is just as important as competition in everything else.

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.

I rode it a lot before I was governor. I rode the commuter rail for a lot of years, I rode the T for a lot of years, and I talk to people all the time who ride both.

I'm not a virtue signaler.

I've said many times that people are policy. And to be truly successful in any big organization you need to put people into jobs where they have relevant experience, relevant subject-matter expertise and the capacity to actually perform.

One of the advantages of getting elected governor when you're 58 instead of 38 is you have some mileage on you and part of that means some history and some relationships with people who have spent a fair amount of their career in the public and in the private sector.

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.

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

I think I've got a track record and an experience brief that I'll put up against anybody's.

If you want to be great, you should be great everywhere, not just here and there.