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Top 20 David Axelrod Quotes (2025 Update)

David Axelrod Quote: “We must build bridges to the future, not the past.”

1. “We must build bridges to the future, not the past.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can’t raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can’t cut anything, we’re obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.”

2. “The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can’t raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can’t cut anything, we’re obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don’t have it today – a competitive marketplace: That’s an idea that both sides embrace.”

3. “This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don’t have it today – a competitive marketplace: That’s an idea that both sides embrace.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It’s a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.”

4. “Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It’s a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States.”

5. “Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher.”

6. “I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “We don’t want to go back to the same policies and practicies that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led to this catastrophe. We keep moving forward.”

7. “We don’t want to go back to the same policies and practicies that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led to this catastrophe. We keep moving forward.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “I’m a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.”

8. “I’m a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in January of 2009. And it’s going to take some time to work through it.”

9. “I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in January of 2009. And it’s going to take some time to work through it.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “A year earlier, I had described campaigns to reporters as “like an MRI for the soul – whoever you are, eventually people find out.”

10. “A year earlier, I had described campaigns to reporters as “like an MRI for the soul – whoever you are, eventually people find out.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn’t have had it if the president hadn’t acted are better off.”

11. “I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn’t have had it if the president hadn’t acted are better off.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn’t intervened are certainly better off.”

12. “I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn’t intervened are certainly better off.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “But obviously, we’re looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.”

13. “But obviously, we’re looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.”

14. “I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “As the old saying goes, “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”

15. “As the old saying goes, “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”

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David Axelrod Quote: “I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He’s consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations.”

16. “I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He’s consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “You won the Nobel Peace Prize,” he said. “Are you kidding me?” “I promise you, sir, that I wouldn’t wake you up to play a joke,” Gibbs replied. “You’ve won the Nobel Peace Prize.” “Gee,” Obama said, absorbing the unlikely news. “All I want to do is pass health care.”

17. “You won the Nobel Peace Prize,” he said. “Are you kidding me?” “I promise you, sir, that I wouldn’t wake you up to play a joke,” Gibbs replied. “You’ve won the Nobel Peace Prize.” “Gee,” Obama said, absorbing the unlikely news. “All I want to do is pass health care.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “So, on the day after we lost Ted Kennedy’s seat, when everyone in town was reading last rites over our health care bill, Obama began plotting the miracle of its resurrection.”

18. “So, on the day after we lost Ted Kennedy’s seat, when everyone in town was reading last rites over our health care bill, Obama began plotting the miracle of its resurrection.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “Congress is going to meet with you or without you, I tell them. Don’t turn away in disgust and leave those decisions to someone else. You don’t like politics today? Grab the wheel of history and steer us to a better place. Run for office. Be a strategist or policy aide. Work for a government agency or a nonprofit. Become a thoughtful, probing journalist. Get in the arena. Help shape the world in which you’re going to live. At a minimum, be the engaged citizen a healthy democracy demands.”

19. “Congress is going to meet with you or without you, I tell them. Don’t turn away in disgust and leave those decisions to someone else. You don’t like politics today? Grab the wheel of history and steer us to a better place. Run for office. Be a strategist or policy aide. Work for a government agency or a nonprofit. Become a thoughtful, probing journalist. Get in the arena. Help shape the world in which you’re going to live. At a minimum, be the engaged citizen a healthy democracy demands.”

— David Axelrod

David Axelrod Quote: “I don’t know if history has a sense of justice. But it certainly has a sense of humor.”

20. “I don’t know if history has a sense of justice. But it certainly has a sense of humor.”

— David Axelrod

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