Barack Obama actually said...
Not every decision we're going to make is going to be perfect. Not every plan that we lay out is going to work out exactly as we intended. But if we get the big stuff right, then the ship of state is a big tanker and, you know, you can't simply reverse direction on the economy or any of these things overnight.
Context
Obama addressing the challenges of economic decision-making and the importance of long-term planning.
02/26/2009