Artur Davis Quotes

• With respect to Barack Obama, let’s face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Respect

  Tags in Vote, Black, Liberal, African American

• Well, one of the things a lot of Americans don’t know, when Mitt Romney is nominated a few days from now, he will be the most experienced executive to be nominated for the presidency since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, who had run a university and had run the allied war effort. That’s actually a big deal.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nominated, Since, Big

• When you hear the party that glorified Occupy Wall Street blast success; when you hear them minimize the genius of the men and women who make jobs out of nothing, is that what you teach your children about work?

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Genius, Success

  Tags in Occupy, Teach

• We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn’t confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in America

  Tags in Nominate, Presidency

• This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn’t confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in America

  Tags in Presidency, Nominate

• This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But while we bend, we don’t break. This is no dark hour; this is the dawn before we remember who we are.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Remember, Dawn, Bend, Blessed, Champion

• This is just not the Democratic Party we used to know.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Used, Democratic

• The Democrats’ ads convince me that Governor Romney can’t sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Convince, Need, Knows

• The Democratic Party has gotten narrower and it’s gotten smaller and it’s fundamentally wrong on all the key questions involving the economic future of this country and our hopes of prosperity. And many Americans are beginning to realize that.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Sure, there’s a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It’s an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Frankly, Deep, Republican, Perception, African American

• Sometimes in this country, we don’t focus a lot on people’s experience and their resume. Mitt Romney would be the most experienced executive to be nominated since 1952. The fundamental task for the next president is going to be fixing things, cleaning things up, being a turnaround artist, if you will.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Focus, Nominated, Task

• Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in America

  Tags in Gather, Second, Wrong

• Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president’s going to require.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Maybe we should have known that night in Denver that things that begin with plywood Greek columns and artificial smoke typically don’t end well. Maybe the Hollywood stars and the glamour blinded us a little: you thought it was the glare, some of us thought it was a halo.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• John F. Kennedy asked us what we could do for America. This Democratic Party asks what can government give you. Don’t worry about paying the bill, it’s on your kids and grandkids.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can’t afford it, does it sound like compassion to you – or recklessness?

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don’t need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don’t need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, ‘will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?’ The answer would be ‘Yes we can!’

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let’s get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

  Artur Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

• You talk about the values that you have whether they’re in favor or not in favor. That’s how you lead. The reality is, we’re losing more and more elections.

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Artur Davis (25)

Birth:	9th October, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Artur Genestre Davis was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He is an American attorney and former politician. Davis served in the United States House of Representatives representing Alabama's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was also a candidate for governor of Alabama in the 2010 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary. He changed his party affiliation from the Democratic to the Republican Party in 2012. Davis was an early supporter of Barack Obama's 2008 bid for the presidency, and one of the national co-chairs for Obama's 2008 campaign. Known for his oratorical skills, Davis made one of the nominating speeches for Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. He graduated from Jefferson Davis High School and then magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1990. He earned a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School before returning to Alabama. He was the recipient of the Best Oralist Award in the Ames Moot Court Competition at Harvard Law School. After working as an intern at the Southern Poverty Law Center and then as a civil rights lawyer, he served as an assistant United States Attorney.

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