Our Favorite Quotes From Tonight
“And among the people whom I got to know, who became not only friends, but heroes, were Barbara Jordan, who taught me a lot about courage, and today would actually be her birthday. I remember all the time about how she got up every single morning, facing almost insurmountable odds, to do what she did. And another was my great friend Ann Richards, who taught me so much about determination. Ann was a great champion for the people of Texas. She also reminded us that every so often it is good to have a laugh about what it is we're engaged in.” -- Clinton
“Washington has become a place where good ideas go to die.” -- Obama
“It’s important for the United States not just to talk to its friends, but also to talk to its enemies. In fact, that's where diplomacy makes the biggest difference.” -- Obama
“I want to send a very clear message to the rest of the world that the era of unilateralism,
preemption and arrogance of the Bush administration is over.” -- Clinton
“If we think that meeting with the president is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time.” -- Obama
“The wealthy and the well-connected have had a president the last seven years, and I think it's time that the rest of America had a president to work for you every single day.” -- Clinton
“We need to end George Bush's war on science.” -- Clinton
“We see what's been happening, with literally babies being left with no one to take care of them, children coming home from school, no responsible adult left… that is not the America that I know.” -- Clinton
“But, you know, John, there is -- there's a lot we've learned about technology and smart fencing.” -- Clinton
“I do not want two classes of citizens in this country.” -- Obama
“I think our next president needs to be a lot less hat and a lot more cattle.” -- Clinton
“I have to confess, I was somewhat amused, the other night, when, on one of the TV shows, one of Senator Obama's supporters was asked to name one accomplishment of Senator Obama, and he couldn't.” -- Clinton
“Senator Clinton of late has said: Let's get real.
The implication is that the people who've been voting for me or involved in my campaign are somehow delusional. (Laughter)
And that, you know, the 20 million people who've been paying attention to 19 debates and the editorial boards all across the country at newspapers who have given me endorsements, including every major newspaper here in the state of Texas -- somehow, they're being duped!
And eventually they're going to see the reality of things!” -- Obama
“The notion that I had plagiarized from somebody who was one of my national co-chairs who gave me the line and suggested that I use it, I think, is silly, and, you know, this is where we start getting into silly season, in politics, and I think people start getting discouraged about it.” -- Obama
“Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox.” – Clinton
“No, let me finish, Jorge...” – Clinton
“On what I believe was the single most important foreign policy decision of this generation, whether or not to go to war in Iraq, I believe I showed the judgment of a commander in chief. And I think that Senator Clinton was wrong in her judgments on that.” – Obama
“The 1st Cavalry, out of Fort Hood, played an enormous role in pushing back Al Qaida out of Baghdad. And, you know, we honor their service. But this is a tactical victory imposed upon a huge strategic blunder.” – Obama
“We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis. That is not a winning strategy for America.” – Clinton
“Well, I think everybody here knows I've lived through some crises and some challenging moments in my life.” -- Clinton
