Barack Obama Quotes About Presidential Election

• 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.

• If you've got a business - you didn't build that.

  Barack Obama

  Election, Presidential Election, Gangnam Style

  Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

• You didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

  Barack Obama

  Made, Unbelievable, Presidential Election

  Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

• 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.

• If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

  Barack Obama

  Successful, Bridges, Lines

  Barack Obama's Remarks at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

• When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

  Barack Obama

  Together, Succeed, Initiative

  Barack Obama's speech at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

• No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and a presidential election in the United States.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Europe, Two

  Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

• In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections.

  Barack Obama

  America, Presidential, Voting

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Presidential, Personality

  Source: time.com

• You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.

  Barack Obama

  Horse, Navy, Example

  "Scientifically speaking, who's funnier: Democrats or Republicans?" by Joel Warner and Peter McGraw, www.wired.com. October 23, 2012.

• If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Successful, Lines

  Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

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