01/27/2012
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"A republic, if you can keep it."
"That is what makes us different. That is what sets us apart."
"When our Government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, Government is us."
"It coarsens our culture, and at its worst, it can send signals to the most extreme elements of our society that perhaps violence is a justifiable response."