I believe that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis because I believe in this country.

If we're going to rebuild this economy from the bottom up, it has to start on Main Street - not just the big banks on Wall Street.

America can meet this moment.

We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for America.

It comes down to values - in America, do we simply value wealth, or do we value the work that creates it?

I will not allow countries to out-teach us today so they can out-compete us tomorrow.

But it is fair to say that over the course of three debates and twenty months, Senator McCain still hasn't offered a single thing that he would do differently from George W. Bush when it comes to the most important economic issues we face…

It will take a new direction.

The American story has never been about things coming easy – it's been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard.

The economic crisis we face is the worst since the Great Depression.

The American people don't want to hear politicians attack each other – you want to hear about how we're going to attack the challenges facing middle class families each and every day.

If I can answer the question. Number one, I want to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans.

Eight hundred and eighty-two billion dollars in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived, badly-thought- through health care plan that won't provide more health care to people.

It would mean fewer places to get care and less freedom to choose your own doctors. You'll pay more for your drugs, you'll receive fewer services. You'll get lower quality care.

Eight hundred and eighty-two billion dollars worth; $882 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived, badly-thought-through health care plan that won't provide more health care to people.

We just need to act quickly and decisively.

I want to give a break to 95 percent of middle class Americans – folks who need it and deserve it.

We need policies that grow our economy from the bottom-up, so that every American, everywhere, has the chance to get ahead.