13 Quotes by Susan Bysiewicz

There are two chief responsibilities of the Secretary's office. One is to run the elections in the State of Connecticut to make sure they run fairly and efficiently because the Secretary is the chief election official. The Secretary of the State is also the chief business registrar for the State of Connecticut.

One of the things I was hoping to do in the Secretary of the State's Office when I came was to provide businesses with more information about business opportunities in Connecticut. That's both to businesses that are here already and also to businesses that are not located here, but might be interested in coming.

If the federal money is not enough, then the legislature will have to consider the possibility of bonding.

I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.

We need a candidate who works hard and has the commitment, ... I believe I am that candidate.

We have a great location between Boston and New York, a highly educated work force, and Connecticut is a beautiful place to live.

I'm the kind of person that likes to run a very energetic, tenacious campaign, ... What I found was a whole confluence of factors that I think prevented me from running that kind of campaign.

If you're a man and you are confident and you are ambitious and strong, then you are a statesman and a leader. If you are a woman and you have those qualities, well, they have a not-so-flattering term for that.

I applaud President Obama's decision to begin a partial withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. However, I believe that we must go further and have a full withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops.