Wendy Davis famous quotes

07-19-2025

You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
-- Wendy Davis

#Hate #Fighting #Winning
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.
-- Wendy Davis

#Mom #Daughter #School
The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott,
-- Wendy Davis

#Texas #Lasts #Needs
I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat.
-- Wendy Davis

#Running #Community #Earning
Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.
-- Wendy Davis

#Jobs #Texas #Priorities
I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
-- Wendy Davis

#Believe #Gun #Wind
Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
-- Wendy Davis

#League #Intimidating #Harvard
Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.
-- Wendy Davis

#Real #Cancer #Advice
I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or for the governor. I'm still trying to decide, but I do think people are ready for a change from the partisan, very fractured leadership we have in Texas.
-- Wendy Davis

#Running #Thinking #Texas
I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.
-- Wendy Davis

#Mom #Running #Texas
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.
-- Wendy Davis

#Teacher #Art #School
I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.
-- Wendy Davis

#Running #Lying #Office
Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.
-- Wendy Davis

#Texas #Political #Faces
When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.
-- Wendy Davis

#Strong #Levels #Done
A tree fell on Greg Abbott - he sued and got millions.
-- Wendy Davis

#Tree
I care about life and I have a record of fighting for people above all else.
-- Wendy Davis

#Fighting #People #Records
When I think about that kind of spirit. I think about my mother, who is standing here with me tonight. My mother is the embodiment of what it means to have a Texas spirit because she wanted nothing more than for her children to have a better life than she had, to have an education beyond the ninth-grade education that she had, to live happier lives, more successful ones than she had been able to live. And you know what? She raised the daughter who ran for governor.
-- Wendy Davis

#Daughter #Mother #Children
While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider.
-- Wendy Davis

#Reality #Texas #Abortion
Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.
-- Wendy Davis

#Sex #School #Age
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.
-- Wendy Davis

#Thoughtful #Giving #People
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale. They are playing with the health and safety of our communities, and we are going to tell them that is not acceptable.
-- Wendy Davis

#Lying #Air #Texas
The fight for the future of Texas is just beginning
-- Wendy Davis

#Fighting #Texas
Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.
-- Wendy Davis

#Believe #Texas #Long

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