Politiquotes: Democratic National Convention Edition
The first lady's emotional plea to voters and more.
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President Obama - BET.com looks back at the more memorable quotes from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. —Britt Middleton "I won't pretend the path I'm offering is quick or easy. I never have. You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades," the president said in his make-or-break plea to voters at the DNC on Thursday. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Michelle Obama - "After so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are – it reveals who you are," the first lady said in an emotional speech about her husband's legacy on Tuesday. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Julian Castro - "Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. A few months ago he visited a university in Ohio and gave the students there a little entrepreneurial advice. 'Start a business,' he said. But how? 'Borrow money if you have to from your parents,' he told them. Gee, why didn't I think of that?" the mayor of San Antonio said in a playful moment during his DNC keynote address on Tuesday. (Photo: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Cory Booker - "When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare — it's patriotism," the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, said on Tuesday. (Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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Former President Bill Clinton - "People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets. What new ideas did we bring? I always give a one-word answer: arithmetic," the former president said to emphatic cheers during his rousing DNC address on Wednesday, in which he threw his support behind Obama. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Jennifer Granholm - "America, let's rev our engines! In your car and on your ballot, the 'D' is for drive forward, and the 'R' is for reverse. And in this election, we're driving forward, not back. Let's re-elect our great president, Barack Obama!" former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in a show-stopping speech supporting President Obama's rescue of the American auto industry. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Vice President Joe Biden - "I’ve got news for Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan: It has never, never, ever, been a good bet to bet against the American people," the vice president said in his DNC speech on Thursday. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Eva Longoria - "The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers — she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not," the former Desperate Housewives actress and co-chair of the Obama for America campaign said in her stump speech on Thursday. (Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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Kerry Washington - "Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen," the Scandal actress told DNC delegates on Thursday. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Kamala D. Harris - "When it comes to the housing crisis, the choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is clear. The fact is, we don't have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us. He said we should let foreclosures — and I quote — "hit the bottom" so the market could — quote — 'run its course.' Run its course. That's not leadership," the attorney general of California said in her speech where she accused GOP candidate Mitt Romney of abandoning America's middle class.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)