Jennifer Granholm Quotes & Sayings

“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.”

“We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.”

“Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.”

“There's only so far you can go before you say enough is enough.”

“Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.”

“This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.”

“Team Obama continues to dominate new media, spending far more effort and money than Team Romney in targeted online youth outreach.”

“Caring for veterans shouldn't be a partisan issue. It should an American one.”

“We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.”

“There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate.”