Barack Obama actually said...

"We cannot allow gridlock to prevail."

"When a leader’s only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now."

"I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective... there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order."

"Any transaction by a United States person... that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding... is prohibited."