#or

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#any #compassion #did #lincoln #man

For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I was privileged to inhabit for eight years. ↗

— Gary Locke

#came #century #come #did #eight

I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle. ↗

— Gary Locke

#confess #criminal #days #good #grisham

I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything. ↗

— Gary Locke

#consider #down #everything #guy #home

I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties. ↗

— Gary Locke

#american #american values #ancestry #believe #born

I've been through WTO riots in Seattle, massive earthquakes, major floods... forest fires. I just try to be as even-keeled and calm as possible. ↗

— Gary Locke

#calm #earthquakes #fires #floods #forest

If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up. ↗

— Gary Locke

#chinese #countries #develop #economic #european

If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China. ↗

— Gary Locke

#chinese #create #democracy #expose #freedoms

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane. ↗

— Gary Locke

#asian #could #course #dad #doctor

The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why America has been the most dynamic economy in the world for well over a century. ↗

— Gary Locke

#been #big #century #constant #cultures