Politiquotes of the Week: July 25

Obama and Romney are back on the attack.

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Barack Obama - "If there’s anything to take away from this tragedy it’s the reminder that life is very fragile. Our time here is limited and it is precious," said President Obama in his first response to the shootings in Aurora, Colorado. "And what matters at the end of the day is not the small things, it’s not the trivial things, which so often consume us and our daily lives. Ultimately, it’s how we choose to treat one another and how we love one another."(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - "I stand before you today not as a man running for office but as a father and grandfather, a husband, an American. This is a time for each of us to look into our hearts and remember how much we love one another and how much we love and how much we care for our great country. There’s so much love and goodness in the heart of America," said Mitt Romney, speaking from New Hampshire. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - "I stand before you today not as a man running for office but as a father and grandfather, a husband, an American. This is a time for each of us to look into our hearts and remember how much we love one another and how much we love and how much we care for our great country. There’s so much love and goodness in the heart of America," said Mitt Romney, speaking from New Hampshire. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Barack Obama - "I don't know how many people at any age would have the presence of mind that Stephanie did, or the courage that Allie showed," said Obama, describing how 21-year-old Stephanie risked her own safety to help keep her wounded friend alive in the theater during remarks delivered after meeting with victims and their families. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - "I don't know how many people at any age would have the presence of mind that Stephanie did, or the courage that Allie showed," said Obama, describing how 21-year-old Stephanie risked her own safety to help keep her wounded friend alive in the theater during remarks delivered after meeting with victims and their families. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Michael Bloomberg - "I don't understand why the police officers across this country don't stand up collectively and say, 'We're going to go on strike. We're not going to protect you. Unless you, the public, through your legislature, do what's required to keep us safe,'" said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has been calling for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Colorado shootings. (Photo: Courtesy of CNN)

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Michael Bloomberg - "I don't understand why the police officers across this country don't stand up collectively and say, 'We're going to go on strike. We're not going to protect you. Unless you, the public, through your legislature, do what's required to keep us safe,'" said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has been calling for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Colorado shootings. (Photo: Courtesy of CNN)

Barack Obama - "[As] you reflect on recent years, as we look ahead to the challenges we face as a nation and the leadership that’s required, you don’t just have my words, you have my deeds. You have my track record. You have the promises I’ve made and the promises that I’ve kept," said Obama in remarks delivered at the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference on Monday.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - "[As] you reflect on recent years, as we look ahead to the challenges we face as a nation and the leadership that’s required, you don’t just have my words, you have my deeds. You have my track record. You have the promises I’ve made and the promises that I’ve kept," said Obama in remarks delivered at the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference on Monday.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - "In dealings with other nations, [Obama] has given trust where it is not earned, insult where it is not deserved, and apology where it is not due," Romney said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - "In dealings with other nations, [Obama] has given trust where it is not earned, insult where it is not deserved, and apology where it is not due," Romney said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Joan Walsch - "Michele Bachmann is Joe McCarthy in lipstick," said Salon editor Joan Walsh, referring to McCarthy's Communist witch hunts in the 1950s after Bachmann tried to tie Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin to the Muslim Brotherhood. (Photo: Courtesy of MSNBC)

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Joan Walsch - "Michele Bachmann is Joe McCarthy in lipstick," said Salon editor Joan Walsh, referring to McCarthy's Communist witch hunts in the 1950s after Bachmann tried to tie Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin to the Muslim Brotherhood. (Photo: Courtesy of MSNBC)

Barack Obama - "Earlier today, Gov. Romney was at it again, knowingly twisting my words around to suggest I don't value small business," said Obama at a July campaign event at Fox Theatre in Oakland, California. "In politics, we all tolerate a certain amount of spin. I understand those are the games that get played in political campaigns. Although when folks just omit entire sentences of what you said, they start slicing and dicing, you may have gone a little over the edge there." (Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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Barack Obama - "Earlier today, Gov. Romney was at it again, knowingly twisting my words around to suggest I don't value small business," said Obama at a campaign event at Fox Theatre in Oakland, California. "In politics, we all tolerate a certain amount of spin. I understand those are the games that get played in political campaigns. Although when folks just omit entire sentences of what you said, they start slicing and dicing, you may have gone a little over the edge there." (Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Pat Buchanan - "What you’re going to see in the fall campaign is not Barack Obama, but surrogates in the African-American community to re-raise the racial divide and to energize the African-American community in the way it was energized for example, I think it was the year 2000 when they put out that terrible ad, I think it was that George W. Bush was coldly indifferent to the dragging death of that black fellow down in Texas, James Byrd," said conservative author and commentator Pat Buchannan on Fox News.  (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

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Pat Buchanan - "What you’re going to see in the fall campaign is not Barack Obama, but surrogates in the African-American community to re-raise the racial divide and to energize the African-American community in the way it was energized for example, I think it was the year 2000 when they put out that terrible ad, I think it was that George W. Bush was coldly indifferent to the dragging death of that black fellow down in Texas, James Byrd," said conservative author and commentator Pat Buchannan on Fox News.  (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Warren - "The Republicans have given their vision about how we build the future," said Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. "They said, 'I got mine, the rest of you are on your own.' Our vision of how you build a future is that you make the investments forward so every kid has a chance. That's what this is really about."(Photo: Courtesy of MSNBC)

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Elizabeth Warren - "The Republicans have given their vision about how we build the future," said Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. "They said, 'I got mine, the rest of you are on your own.' Our vision of how you build a future is that you make the investments forward so every kid has a chance. That's what this is really about."(Photo: Courtesy of MSNBC)