Political Quotes

Barack Obama

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Oct 24, 2024

Have you seen Mr. Trump lately? He's out there just -- he -- he'll -- he'll give like two and a half hour speeches, just a word salad.

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Oct 23, 2024

And the good news is, we've got a candidate to vote for in this election who demonstrates that kind of character, who knows what real strength looks like, who will set a good example and do the right thing and lead this country better than she found it.

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Oct 23, 2024

Real strength is about working hard and taking responsibility and telling the truth even when it's inconvenient.

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Oct 23, 2024

And one of the most disturbing things about this election and about Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set the values we were taught aside, how we seem to disregard them, how we pretend they don't matter.

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Oct 23, 2024

Look, politics, it's not going to solve all your problems. No president is going to eliminate poverty in one term or eliminate racism because those problems are hard. It -- it takes steps, a little bit at a time.

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Oct 23, 2024

Some of you know when I was growing up, I didn't have a father in the house. But I did have people around me, stepfather, grandparents, teachers, coaches and most of all my mother, who tried to teach me the difference between right and wrong, who showed me what it meant to be honest and responsible to work hard, to treat other people the way I wanted to be treated.

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Oct 21, 2024

For anyone who has any nostalgia about the Trump economy. That was my economy.

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Oct 19, 2024

Being here in Tucson, I'm thinking about my friend John McCain. I mean, one of the most disturbing things about this election and, and Donald Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set aside the values that people like a John McCain stood for.

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Oct 17, 2024

What I cannot understand is why anyone would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you.

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Oct 17, 2024

I am here to ask you to vote for my friend and your outstanding congressman, Raul Grijalva. Or your next member of Congress from the sixth district, Kirsten Angle. Or your outstanding next United States, Senator Ruben Gallego. And for the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris.

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