I've always believed in the marketplace, and this confirmed it, because the price of oil has gone down.

I never made that remark to an audience that I did not get—in many cases, a standing ovation.

Housing starts are up, permits are up, new home sales are up 75 percent since April of last year.

Africans recognize both the special development needs and the great potential of Africa.

We're painfully aware that Africa's economic development is encountering difficult obstacles.

One of the great pleasures of this office is that I often have a chance to do something unabashedly positive in nature.

That's a strong democracy over there, and that's an internal problem.

The United States has always taken a farsighted view to assist the growth of developing nations.

There, that makes it absolutely official.

Employment rose by 350,000 in January, which means that businesses are hiring and rehiring workers.

I think the fact that it had come down to that and left that other lower average is something that we can focus on as offering a little hope here.

We're doing more of this.