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"It probably wouldn't be good for our economy for a bunch of these jobs to come back because, there's no way that people could be getting paid a living wage on some of these jobs - at least in order to be competitive in an international setting."
"What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying 'Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing.' Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life."
"Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions."
"I'm here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis."
"I don't know what the word is in Austrian."
"Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up."
"With respect to the pledge I made that if you like your plan you can keep it. The way I put that forward unequivocally ended up not being accurate."
"When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of community and connection, a commitment to the idea that we are our brothers' keepers."
"Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. But we can't simply cut our way to prosperity."
"No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East."
"Three months is a lifetime in politics."
"We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work."
"Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power"
"I am very proud of the fact I do not cheat when I'm playing golf."
"Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Look, here's the bottom line with respect to gas prices: I want gas prices lower because they hurt families."
"If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid."
"I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. I'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me, making over $250,000, aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes."
"The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources, and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution, because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody's got a shot."
"If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from."
"The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness."