Jennifer Granholm Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.”

“Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”

“We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.”

“As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.”

“When you get to the extremes there is, sometimes, just the need where you have to stand up.”

“Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.”

“Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.”

“As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.”

“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.”