Obama and McCain Quotes

Obama - In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world’s great religions demand—that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Let us be our brother’s keeper, Scripture tells us. Let us be our sister’s keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well.

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Obama - In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world’s great religions demand—that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Let us be our brother’s keeper, Scripture tells us. Let us be our sister’s keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well.

McCain - I'm older than dirt, I've got more scars than Frankenstein, but I've learned a few things along the way.

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McCain - I'm older than dirt, I've got more scars than Frankenstein, but I've learned a few things along the way.

President Obama - Speaking via video, President Obama spoke about how he had been inspired by Nelson Mandela and how it was time for people to take up the challenges the world still faces. "This," Obama said, "is the greatest gift that we can give this great man."

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Obama - Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, Black and White, I have never been so naive as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidacy—particularly a candidacy as imperfect as my own.

McCain Urges Jack Johnson Pardon - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama in support of the posthumous pardoning of boxer Jack Johnson. In 1913, Johnson was jailed and convicted of violating the Mann Act—a federal law prohibiting the transportation of women across state lines to participate in prostitution or immoral behavior. Johnson often traveled with his wife, who was White. To escape prison, Johnson moved to Europe but later returned and served 10 years in federal custody.

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McCain - Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in rerun.

Intro - Imagine how hard it must be for Obama's famously basketball-crazed inner circle to manage the pressures of the White House during what must be their favorite three weeks on the sports calendar. The President has already announced his picks for the Final Four, but who do you think his cabinet members have winning it all? I assume that, like most of us, they'll pick with their hearts:

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Obama - The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time.

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McCain - The point is it’s American casualties. We’ve got to get Americans off the frontline, have the Iraqis as part of the strategy, take over more and more of the responsibilities, and then I don’t think Americans are concerned if we’re there for a hundred years or a thousand years or ten thousand years.

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McCain - The point is it’s American casualties. We’ve got to get Americans off the frontline, have the Iraqis as part of the strategy, take over more and more of the responsibilities, and then I don’t think Americans are concerned if we’re there for a hundred years or a thousand years or ten thousand years.

Obama - There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America.

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Obama - There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America.

McCain - Of 80 million homeowners, only 55 million have a mortgage at all, and 51 million homeowners are doing what is necessary... to make their payments on time. That leaves us with a puzzling situation: how could 4 million mortgages cause this much trouble for us all?

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McCain - Of 80 million homeowners, only 55 million have a mortgage at all, and 51 million homeowners are doing what is necessary... to make their payments on time. That leaves us with a puzzling situation: how could 4 million mortgages cause this much trouble for us all?

Be Responsible - Barack Obama says he wants Blacks to be more responsible. Speaking at the annual NAACP convention this week, he said while Washington must provide more education and economic aid, Blacks must also demand more of themselves.

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Obama - It's like I was shot out of a cannon. I'm so overexposed that I make Paris Hilton look like a recluse.

McCain - We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success.

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McCain - We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success.