Barack Obama actually said...

"Your Government will do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to stop this crisis."

"BP is responsible for this leak; BP will be paying the bill."

"I think the President -- the President has asked this team since the beginning of this incident to do everything humanly possible as aggressively as we can, to manage and deal with this emergency."

"We're going to do everything in our power to protect our natural resources."