We have to get past this persistent negativity. The negativity has held Rhode Island back for a long time.

If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch.

I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch.

The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

If you can take my tax money and assure me that it'll go to the right purpose, that it will help the poor, then fine. But I'm not sure a lot of it does. In fact, I know a lot of it doesn't.

I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency.

I wanted to share my love of coffee with a wider audience and also continue to raise money for The Thirst Project through Common Culture Coffee.