Presidential Debate Quotes

• The first presidential debate was down in Florida. Residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions.

  David Letterman

  Florida, Presidential, Television

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• I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Issues, Political

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words”

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• If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.

  Barack Obama

  Horse, Military, Land

  Barack Obama's remarks in the Third Presidential Debate at the Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. October 23, 2012.

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• I went to a number of women's groups and said, "Can you help us find folks," and they brought us whole binders full of women.

  Mitt Romney

  Stupid People, Numbers, Groups

  Second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y, www.foxnews.com. October 16, 2012.

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• Marco Rubio hit my hands. Nobody has ever hit my hands. I've never heard of this. What - look at those hands. Are they small hands? And he referred to my hands - if they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you, there's no problem. I guarantee you.

  Donald Trump

  Hands, Looks, Guarantees

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• If you want something done, ask a busy person.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Strong Women, Want Something, Iron

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• Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.

  Barack Obama

  Horse, Bayonets, Aircraft Carriers

  Third presidential debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Boca Raton, Fla., www.npr.org. October 22, 2012.

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• There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Europe, Domination, Eastern

  Televised presidential debate, 6 Oct. 1976

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• Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

  Carly Fiorina

  Men, Want Something, Done

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

  Ron Fournier

  Jobs, People, Presidential

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• We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign.

  Hugh Sidey

  Wrestling, Creating, Presidential

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• I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.

  Warren Buffett

  Presidential, Important, Vices

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• The debate corporation is a corporation. It's funded by corporations. It's relayed by media corporations to the public. It's created by the two parties, which are corporations. We should have public presidential debates all over America run by public institutions.

  Ralph Nader

  Running, Party, Media

  Source: www.democracynow.org

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• I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

  Jim Lehrer

  Believe, Responsibility, Presidential

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• Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz did their best Donald Trump impersonation. All three unleashing an unprecedented string of insults and attacks fit more for a barroom than a presidential debate stage.

  Chris Hayes

  Presidential, Three, Insult

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The Commission on Presidential Debates must be replaced if we want to have a democracy in this country.

  John B. Anderson

  Country, Presidential, Democracy

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• The very idea that there is no truth, but only the filter of narrative through which truth is invented is something I learned at the feet of the most leftist professors at Yale and am learning again from Sarah Palin during the Vice Presidential debate, and I find that very disorienting.

  John Hodgman

  Yale, Ideas, Feet

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 21, 2008.

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• For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law.
  By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

  Ai Weiwei

  Rights, Controversial Topics, Law

  "Ai Weiwei: Despite flaws, America should be proud" by Ai Weiwei, www.cnn.com. November 6, 2012.

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• A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.

  Dick Cheney

  Years, Issues, Presidential

  Dick Cheney at Vice President Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• During the Democratic presidential debate Howard Dean started off by apologizing to the crowd for having a cold. Then John Kerry apologized for once having a cold while serving his country in Vietnam.

  Conan O'Brien

  Country, Presidential, Vietnam

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• With the presidential debates right around the corner, John Kerry is going to play Mitt Romney to help the President prepare for the debates. That's kind of a stretch; a rich white guy from Massachusetts playing a rich white guy from Massachusetts.

  Jay Leno

  Play, White, Guy

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• The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.

  Phil Donahue

  Presidential, Democracy, Debate

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• Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates.

  Rich Lowry

  Presidential, Different, Three

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• Democracy needs to start with an open Presidential debate. So come on out and let's take back the promise of our democracy.

  Jill Stein

  Presidential, Promise, Democracy

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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