194 Quotes by Jennifer Granholm

I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.

We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it.

I'm honestly perplexed about the distinction represented by the cervical wall. On one side, people should be prosecuted if they do anything to harm the fetus, but once on the outside, sorry kid, whatever happens happens. You're on your own.

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

Today in America we are no more 'post-racial' than we are 'post-partisan.' We have a long way to go.

Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence.

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don't hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it - they are all public employees.

When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was.