Kerry Healey Quotations

Well, I think that abstinence has its place as part of a comprehensive health and sex education curriculum. It would be wrong to exclude abstinence from a health curriculum, because there are some potentially very serious ramifications for early sexual activity.

It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected, I believe by everyone in public life regardless of your political party.

As the daughter of a schoolteacher, I feel very strongly that the most important thing in school takes place right there in that classroom, and the interaction between the teacher and the child.

Is Mitt Romney a bully? And the answer is, no... He does not have a vicious bone in his body.

And Republican women have always been the backbone of our party. We do the work, we are strong believers in conservative values. Having more of those voices in place at a state level is going to be a great improvement for us as a party.

The press always causes a certain amount of hesitance for people who are considering entering public life. So simply encouraging women to enter politics, on any level, not just on the state level, is extremely important.

I've learned that I don't need much sleep, and that I am able to really stand up for the things that I think that are important and that there are a lot of people out there who agree with me.

I don't think it's really good once you've lost an election to sit around, watch your former opponent, and swipe at them.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

I want my kids to be in an environment where they can talk about values in a way that you can't always do in a public school setting.

When Mitt Romney talks about women, when he says he believes that we can do any job a man can do, I know from experience that he's speaking from the heart.

I think I need to rest up for the big day.

Who needs a slogan when you?re running against Tom Reilly?

We need to figure out how we can reach out to our young people. I am very open to looking at proposals to change the driving age. I am also probably even more interested in looking at opportunities to make driving safer for teens. I think that teens often get distracted. I am very interested in the proposals about limiting cell phone use.

The deficiency in our law...makes (victims) subject to additional fear, frustration and anxiety.

We come down firmly on the side that driving is a privilege.

The message that we'd like to get out now is that we have 3,600 plows on the roads, so if people can stay off the roads to let the plow drivers to their work, that would be best.

I am not going to encourage illegal activity here in Massachusetts and I do not want Massachusetts to become a Mecca for illegal immigrants.