10 Quotes From Obama's DNC Speech That Make Us Want To Vote For Him
Last night's Democratic National Convention was an amazing look for President Barack Obama.
In his powerful speech, Obama inspired us to make sure you guys are taking advantage of your right to vote in this upcoming election.
In case you need help deciding on the best candidate to back, go through our gallery of 10 quotables from Barack Obama's DNC speech that just may solidify your vote:
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
In his powerful speech, Obama inspired us to make sure you guys are taking advantage of your right to vote in this upcoming election.
In case you need help deciding on the best candidate to back, go through our gallery of 10 quotables from Barack Obama's DNC speech that just may solidify your vote:
1. "If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me, so am I."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
2. "Over the next few years, big decisions will be made in Washington on jobs, the economy; taxes and deficits; energy, education; war and peace—decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and our children's lives for decades to come."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
3. "Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
4. "My grandparents were given the chance to go to college, buy their own—their—their own home, and fulfill the basic bargain at the heart of America's story: the promise that hard work will pay off; that responsibility will be rewarded; that everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules, from Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, D.C."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
5. "[Republicans] want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. And that's because all they had to offer is the same prescription they've had for the last thirty years:
"Have a surplus? Try a tax cut."
"Deficit too high? Try another."
(Laughs)
"Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
6. "After all that we've been through, I don't believe that rolling back regulations on Wall Street will help the small businesswoman expand, or the laid-off construction worker keep his home. We have been there, we've tried that, and we're not going back."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
7. "We are moving forward, America."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
8. "Know this, America: Our problems can be solved. Our challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. And I'm asking you to choose that future."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
9. "I refuse to go along with [lowering our deficits by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy]. And as long as I'm President, I never will."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
10. "America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now. Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place. Yes our road is longer, but we travel it together. We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength from our victories, and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our eyes fixed on that distant horizon, knowing that Providence is with us, and that we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on Earth."
—Barack Obama, DNC 2012
