Barack Obama actually said...

"What I told him is start by listening, because all too often, the United States starts by dictating."

"the arm-twisting going late into the night as the White House and President Obama today on the Hill, trying again to bring Republicans on board."

"I do think that it is impossible for us to think only in terms of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and not think in terms of what's happening with Syria or Iran or Lebanon or Afghanistan and Pakistan...."

"In my inauguration speech, I spoke about, you will be judged on what you build, not what you destroy."