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title: "1 Hillbilly Quotes By Paula Jean Swearengin"
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> [It doesn't bother me to be called a 'hillbilly' because I lived in the hills. I grew up in the hills and the mountains are my home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/it-doesn-t-bother-me-to-be-called-a-hillbilly-because-i-lived-in-the/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

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## Other authors on Hillbilly

## More by Paula Jean Swearengin

> [The people I've met through my path in activism, we're trying to bring real people into a leadership role because we are real Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/the-people-i-ve-met-through-my-path-in-activism-we-re-trying-to-bring/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I was born here in West Virginia, though I spent a little time in North Carolina when my step-dad got laid off from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-was-born-here-in-west-virginia-though-i-spent-a-little-time-in/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [It doesn't bother me to be called a 'hillbilly' because I lived in the hills. I grew up in the hills and the mountains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/it-doesn-t-bother-me-to-be-called-a-hillbilly-because-i-lived-in-the/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [The question we face today is: What are we going to do when the coal is gone? And make no mistake it's going. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/the-question-we-face-today-is-what-are-we-going-to-do-when-the-coal/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [But my family is connected to coal. There's hardly anybody in West Virginia that doesn't have a connection to the coal industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/but-my-family-is-connected-to-coal-there-s-hardly-anybody-in-west/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [The Democratic Party has failed us, because we haven't run the progressive platform we've been promised... That's why people have moved their votes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/the-democratic-party-has-failed-us-because-we-haven-t-run-the/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I'm really not a politician: I don't have a political background, though I've been an activist fighting for my community for years. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-m-really-not-a-politician-i-don-t-have-a-political-background/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I've done everything imaginable as a mother and a coal miner's daughter to create a brighter future for our children, and it fell on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-ve-done-everything-imaginable-as-a-mother-and-a-coal-miner-s/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I have diverticulitis. Most of my family have stomach issues because of the water we drank when we were little. Lots of people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-have-diverticulitis-most-of-my-family-have-stomach-issues-because/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I believe our future is in building a 21st-century, clean economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-believe-our-future-is-in-building-a-21st-century-clean-economy/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [Joe Manchin has been our secretary of state, he's been our governor and he's been our senator. And through his long terms, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/joe-manchin-has-been-our-secretary-of-state-he-s-been-our-governor/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [We tapped into the abandoned mine land fund to pay for pensions, and that money was to clean up the mines, not make up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/we-tapped-into-the-abandoned-mine-land-fund-to-pay-for-pensions-and/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I was born in Mullens, West Virginia, and lived in a community called Iroquois in Appalachia. We faced heavy pollution. Our water came from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-was-born-in-mullens-west-virginia-and-lived-in-a-community-called/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [Bernie Sanders won the primaries because he offered promise, offered hope, offered solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/bernie-sanders-won-the-primaries-because-he-offered-promise-offered/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

> [I buried my baby brother this year because of the opioid crisis, I've seen my friends and family, strong miners born and bred in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-jean-swearengin/i-buried-my-baby-brother-this-year-because-of-the-opioid-crisis-i-ve/)

[Paula Jean Swearengin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-jean-swearengin/)

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