Gwen Moore famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Governor Scott Walker didn't know who he was messing with when he picked a fight with the hard-working union folks of Wisconsin. He must have forgotten that Wisconsin is the Badger State. And badgers are scrappy little creatures. We may look cute, warm and fuzzy, but we have a fighting spirit.
-- Gwen Moore

#Cute #Hard Work #Fighting
Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience.
-- Gwen Moore

#Apples #Pie #Violence
I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.
-- Gwen Moore

#Believe #Thinking #Government
Over 13 percent of women in college have reported being a victim of stalking during the school year, and one out of every five college women has reported being sexually assaulted. It is simple to talk about statistics. It is more difficult to remember that each number is a victim and represents a daughter, a sister or a friend.
-- Gwen Moore

#Daughter #Mother #School
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.
-- Gwen Moore

#Children #Health #Funeral
There are a lot of people in Milwaukee who have had adverse impacts from Scott Walker. He's managed to mess over everyone in Milwaukee.
-- Gwen Moore

#Impact #People #Milwaukee
Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school.
-- Gwen Moore

#Mother #Daughter #School
I was filled with rage. These same people who accuse Planned Parenthood of â€˜targetingâ€™ African-American children, they care about you only while youâ€™re in the womb. The minute you crown, youâ€™re on your own.
-- Gwen Moore

#Children #People #African American
We must encourage people to get educated, to get tested, to get involved in the fight against AIDS.
-- Gwen Moore

#Encouragement #Fighting #People

I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day.
I have a husband and four rescue dogs. There is no option of no dogs on the bed. This is how I know my husband will be a good father someday. The pit bull sleeps on top of my husband. On top of him! He has to remove her sometimes because she snores too loudly into his ear and he can't take it. But he moves her in such a cute, gentle way, and he doesn't care about fur on the bed.
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution
The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...
I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received.
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.

Gwen Moore famous quotes

You may also like: