Wendy Davis Quotes

American - Politician May 16, 1963

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.

Experience Most Out Harvard Intimidating League Felt

When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.

You Strong Done Things Build Level Local Local Level Personal Relationships Relationships Serving Get Personal

I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.

We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy. The politicians in charge of Texas now clearly don't. Perry has refused to even consider expanding health care coverage in Texas because he cares more about scoring political points than he does about our Texas families.

Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.

Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.

Face Political Texas State Figure Obama Popular Hugely

I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'm splitting my ticket for you.' They're more engaged and thoughtful than we give them credit for.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

You Office Lying Run Aspirations Had Would Would-Be

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Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.

Education Sex School Make School System Sex Education Our Sure System Working

Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with nowhere to go and put them in a situation where their health will be at risk, because what we do know is that closing down the ability to access that service unfortunately does not take the need away or women's confronting that issue away.

We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames.

People Way Talk Need Frames Ideological Labels Partisan Washington Away Get Through

The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future, and that's what I've done.

I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.

Life My Life Always Unique About Because Been Open Story

My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.

Myself Me Believe Smart Appreciate Truly Always Dad Made Person Who

I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.

Success Hard Work Work I Am Epitome Optimism Overnight Sensation Success Story Texan Texas Am Hard Story

I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.

Happy Red Wine Watching Glass Red Wine

Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story.

It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect that our time will sustain itself if we don't do a better job on issues like education... It's absolutely the case that the low cost of college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid I was able to receive made my education possible.

We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.

Go Only Accept College Get Kids Some

I think that any woman who had a conversation with me and had an opportunity to truly understand my life story wouldn't view it through a critical lens. There are people, of course, in the world of politics, who look for things to be critical about. But those people are already against you.

I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn't study a whole lot.

Well Just Test Up Study Could Kids Lot Show Take Those Whole

When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn't driven by that.

I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.

Struggle Hair Constant

If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

Gun Desk Sign Background Bill Checks Governor Provided Shows Came Were Would

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

Change Right Own Going Amendment Firearms Second Second Amendment American

Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.

Red Just Texas Really State

I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.

Leadership People Political Never Afraid Consequence Hungry Worried About

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