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Election Quotes by Barack Obama

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Seizing a future together shows the power of unity in elections. The quotes remind us that voting rates are low and that every citizen should stay engaged to keep democracy healthy. They also explain that one party cannot shut down the whole government and that many factors shape the outcome.

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Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

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Please proceed, Governor.

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Elections matter and voting counts.

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If you've got a business - you didn't build that.

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I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election.

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I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long.

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I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections.

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Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.

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I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year.

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This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.

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Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that…

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We've got to stop the name-calling and we've got to stop looking at the next election. We've got to be focused on…

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I also believe that if we're serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections.

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Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power

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If we want to really reduce foreign influence on our elections, then we better think about how to make sure that our…

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I said this right after the election - we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin's not on…

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If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.

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You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.

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The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all…

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I do believe, separate and apart from any particular election or movement, that we are going to have to guard against a…

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We can’t afford to be so worried about losing the next election that we lose the battles we owe to the next…

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I think there are a lot of factors going into an election. I think the bottom line is - is that Donald…

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The second thing we have to do is to make sure that all of us think about how we approach our elections…

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I don't regret the fervor, because I do believe, in the African American community but also for other communities, and I know…

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I think my most important advice is to understand what are the foundations of a healthy democracy and how we have to…

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We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is…

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I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority…

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For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can…

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I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect…

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For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may…

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America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so…

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Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th president of the United States. And it will be up to him to…

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For half of the world's population, roughly three billion people around the world living on less than two dollars a day, an…

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We had to get out of Chicago so quick. Election night happens, suddenly I'm talking to Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson and…

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The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes…

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Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the…

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Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

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Undecided," while running for re-election to state Senate in 1998, in response to an Outlines questionnaire asking, "Do you favor legalizing same-sex marriage?

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That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment.

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In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections.

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It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

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