America Quote by Kevin O'Leary

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my…

— Michael Moore

For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's…

— Jennifer Granholm

The auto industry is standing today. The middle class is standing today. Ohio is standing today. America is standing strong today.

— Ted Strickland

I came out of a blue-collar town, a GM town, and my father worked at GM, so I was very familiar with that kind…

— Edward Burtynsky

“In 1901 the popularity of Oldsmobile Runabout—the first mass-produced motor vehicle in history—paved the way for other Michigan automobile companies.”

— Lori Baird

“The next year, Kroger refused to negotiate a new contract, and Hoffa’s victory was short-lived. But on the strength of his stand with the…

— Charles Brandt

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, before NAFTA went into effect, there were 285,000 auto workers in Michigan. Today, that number is only 160,000.

— Donald Trump

In a nutshell, the ability of American companies to compete in world markets depends on creating conditions in which workers can add sufficient value…

— James O'Toole

I think that the Detroit auto industry is important to the United States. It's important for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have their…

— John Boehner

The United Auto Workers is AARP in an Edsel: It has three times as many retirees and widows as 'workers' (I use the term…

— Mark Steyn

Michigan was the place that people used to move to from all around the world.

— Gretchen Whitmer

My brother and late sister and I were raised in Detroit; it was where the middle class across racial lines, the middle class was…

— Sander Levin