Quotes from the election campaign

by Anatol Itten

As the election day approaches, we collected 10 of the very outstanding quotes during the election campaign that remind us of the many past rallies and debates:

1. „There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it – that that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. These are people who pay no income tax. My job is not to worry about those people.” – Mitt Romney
2. “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
3. “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
4. „All the applicants seemed to be men. I said why are all the applicants men? Well, they said, ‚These are the people that are qualified.‘ I said, why can’t we find some women that are qualified? 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 
5. “Middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less.” – Mitt Romney 
6. “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”- Mitt Romney 
7. „I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.“ – Mitt Romney
8. “The truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you’re sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me – so am I.” – Barack Obama 
9. “I don’t give a damn about Election Day. It doesn’t matter a lick to me at the moment. I’ve got bigger fish to fry.” – Chris Christie
10. We need leadership from the White House, and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption.” – Michael Bloomberg