What You Missed At The Democratic National Convention

Highlights: Speeches

Take a look some of the best lines delivered during the convention.

Michelle Obama:

-Today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are- it reveals who you are. -[Barack] reminds me that we are playing a long game here, and that change is hard, and change is low and never happens all at once, but eventually we get there, we always do. -When it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his grandmother. He's thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day's work. [Photo via]

Bill Clinton

-Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport. It can be an honest enterprise.

-So here’s another jobs score: President Obama plus 4.5 million, congressional Republicans zero.

-Though I often disagree with Republicans, I actually never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president and a lot of other Democrats.

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Julian Castro, keynote speaker:

President Obama was in Castro's position just 8 years ago, when he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 DNC. Castro's strong address set the stage and created a energetic buzz that lasted throughout the week:

-The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don’t always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. My grandmother never owned a house. She cleaned other people’s houses so she could afford to rent her own. But she saw her daughter become the first in her family to graduate from college. And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.

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