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If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work.
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.
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.
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.
And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.
Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards.
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
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.
My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.
It is morally, politically and socially wrong for business as business or labor as labor to participate directly in politics.
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.
Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.
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.
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.
I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.
Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.
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.
The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.
Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. - A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation.
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.
All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.
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.
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.
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
Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.
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.
Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products.
I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.
We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and materialism.
Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.
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.
I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas.