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Don't mistake niceness for weakness.
Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got.
We honor the dead best by treating the living well.
There's only so far you can go before you say enough is enough.
There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate.
We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country.
I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit.
We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.
Caring for veterans shouldn't be a partisan issue. It should an American one.
Caring for veterans shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It should an American one.
We cannot wait for the storm to blow over; we must learn to work in the rain.
We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.
If the person at the wheel refuses to ask for directions, it is time for a new driver.
Truly, to blame the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11.
I think blaming the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11.
When you get to the extremes there is, sometimes, just the need where you have to stand up.
California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.
Today in America we are no more 'post-racial' than we are 'post-partisan.' We have a long way to go.
Today in America we are no more "post-racial" than we are "post-partisan." We have a long way to go.
Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.
I urge you to be bold. Life isn't changed from the balcony. Get onto the floor and dance, dance, dance.
This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.
In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.
I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.
If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.
I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.
We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.
America needs to be able to be energy-independent, and the electric vehicle, the battery technology is one way of getting there.
Team Obama continues to dominate new media, spending far more effort and money than Team Romney in targeted online youth outreach.
Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.
I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman.
Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.
The Kerry campaign was a difficult one to be involved with, it is a real juggling act to set the tone and pace of these things accurately.
Our economic competitors ... are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table.
As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.
When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was.
Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?
Bill Ford, Jr., is somebody who wants to move this industry, to lead the nation in making us independent of foreign oil, of making the green vehicle.
Mitt Romney privatizes the gains from his enterprises, but spreads the costs to the rest of us. Seems that 'free stuff' is in the eye of the beholder.
There's more technology in your car than there is in your computer. It's got thousands of parts in it. It's extremely sophisticated, all that robotics.
There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.
That's one of the most exciting things about Michigan's future. We need to, we must capitalize on our alternative-energy vehicles that we can produce right here.
We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.
Less than a year after loading the company up with debt, Romney and Bain gave themselves bonuses four times bigger than the $8 million they had put into the deal.
We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state
We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state.
Every single country that has an auto industry is stepping forward to help that auto industry. Why wouldn't we help this industry too, because it needs 3.5 million jobs.