We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody's life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That's what Democrats believe.

He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School where he was President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. A member of the Democratic Party Patrick served as an Assistant United States Attorney General under President Bill Clinton. Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31 1956) is the 71st Governor of Massachusetts.