It makes it that much more important that journalists out there seek only the truth.

This democracy we have is a precious thing.

This is an issue that goes to whether or not we will have a Government that works for ordinary Americans, a Government of, by, and for the people.

Tonight's technology has made it possible for us to get our news and information from a growing range of sources.

People say to me, 'Mr. President, you helped revive the banking industry, you saved GM and Chrysler, what about the news business?'

None of this came easy.

My approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth.

I had my heart set on the Nobel Prize--for Physics.

And now the question for your generation is this: how will you keep our democracy going?

Our democracy has survived.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Don't worry, Barack, you're likeable enough.

You'll never see it coming.

Democracy in a nation of more than 300 million people is inherently difficult.

It is great to be here in the Big House, and may I say 'Go Blue!'

It is the responsibility of all of us, from mine operators to the Federal Government, to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

I measure progress by a different pulse: the progress the American people feel in their own lives day in, day out.

Let us remember in our thoughts and prayers those suffering from natural disasters in Haiti, Chile, and elsewhere.