Barack Obama actually said...

"We are going to break down some of these barriers, because the American people need it. They are desperate for us to find common ground. And I actually think more exists than it appears right now."

"It's only the beginning of what we're going to have to do to turn around our economy."

"This man, our first Republican President, knew better than anybody what it meant to pull yourself up by your bootstraps."

"Although we are responsible for our own fates, in the end, there are certain things we cannot do on our own."