Top 80 Jennifer Granholm Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.”

— Jennifer Granholm

52. “We aren’t leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export.”

— Jennifer Granholm

53. “Every single country that has an auto industry is stepping forward to help that auto industry. Why wouldn’t we help this industry too, because it needs 3.5 million jobs.”

— Jennifer Granholm

54. “The Kerry campaign was a difficult one to be involved with, it is a real juggling act to set the tone and pace of these things accurately.”

— Jennifer Granholm

55. “I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It’s a little tough debating a woman.”

— Jennifer Granholm

56. “Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.”

— Jennifer Granholm

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

— Jennifer Granholm

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

— Jennifer Granholm

59. “Obviously we want to keep the jobs we’ve got.”

— Jennifer Granholm

60. “I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it’s big problem – one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there’s a possibility he can win.”

— Jennifer Granholm

61. “The Clinton administration brought 65 cases from 1995 to 2000 before the World Trade Organization. The Bush administration has brought twelve. Twelve cases. They haven’t even been able to stand up for our jobs.”

— Jennifer Granholm

62. “I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It’s just such an old, outdated conversation.”

— Jennifer Granholm

63. “Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies from the poison the Supreme Court has injected into our political organs.”

— Jennifer Granholm

64. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

65. “For most of the 20th century, we didn’t just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world’s most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity.”

— Jennifer Granholm

66. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

67. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

68. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

69. “That’s one of the most exciting things about Michigan’s future. We need to, we must capitalize on our alternative-energy vehicles that we can produce right here.”

— Jennifer Granholm

70. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

71. “With respect to the environment in our state and our state’s future – in addition to water which is very important here – I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future.”

— Jennifer Granholm

72. “I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat – attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.”

— Jennifer Granholm

73. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

74. “So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic services to our citizens and not have to cut things that really are painful.”

— Jennifer Granholm

75. “I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it’s each baby for herself.”

— Jennifer Granholm

76. “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.”

— Jennifer Granholm

77. “We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn’t drive demand, I don’t know what will.”

— Jennifer Granholm

78. “We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state.”

— Jennifer Granholm

79. “I understand that Republicans-running-against-Obamacare-in-order-to-save-Medicare is a clever jujitsu. But how long will they play out that argument before they get back to the economy?”

— Jennifer Granholm

80. “What a tremendous act of generosity on the part of the donors who made this possible and what a tremendous opportunity for all these children in Kalamazoo public schools who can now go to college and chase their dreams.”

— Jennifer Granholm

81. “Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn’t want to manufacture anything?”

— Jennifer Granholm

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

— Jennifer Granholm

83. “I’ve, we have in this state, like many other states, we’re experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we’re trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.”

— Jennifer Granholm