Jennifer Granholm Quotes

Whether it’s their Sharia law and birther conspiracies or their unwillingness to buck Grover Norquist’s no-tax pledge, the Tea Partiers have hijacked their party and carried it all the way to the right.

When someone lives as a minority, they experience the world differently than those of us who live in the majority. We may occupy the same physical space, but we don’t occupy the same psychic space.

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.

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

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.

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