Best quotes by Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
American lawyer and politician
Gerald Wesley Moran (/mʌˈræn/ mur-RAN; born May 29, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 113th U.S. Congress, during which he led successful Republican efforts in the 2014 election, producing the first Republican Senate majority since 2006. Previously, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kansas's 1st congressional district.
Raised in Plainville, Kansas, Moran graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Law. He worked in private law and served as the state special assistant attorney general (1982–85) and deputy attorney of Rooks County (1987–95). He served in the Kansas Senate from 1989 to 1997 and was majority leader for his last two years. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996 and served seven terms with little electoral opposition. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 after defeating fellow U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt in a contentious primary. He was reelected to the Senate in 2016.
Moran became the senior senator and dean of the Kansas congressional delegation in 2021 when Pat Roberts retired from the Senate.
All quotes by Jerry Moran:
It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.
Youre perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.
One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.
Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation's history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences.
My goal is not to create a circumstance in which no one fails, but one in which many will succeed.
We've become a country that is often risk averse. That's not the way to succeed.
We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers.
Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.
And innovation and entrepreneurship is the opportunity and best opportunity we have to grow the economy.
I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.