Barack Obama actually said...

"You know, your leadership on this does change the country."

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Carl Levin and Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for..."

"Removing the flag from this state's Capitol would not be an act of political correctness; it would not be an insult to the valor of Confederate soldiers. It would simply be an acknowledgment that the ..."

"When he spoke about taking the flag down when he talked about the fact that in black churches, some children of color --the only places where they hear that they are smart and beautiful are in those c..."