Barack Obama actually said...

"I can relate to the Chicago Bulls. They're a young team. Sometimes, they're going make a few mistakes. But I think they have got great promise."

"The price of our progress has always been borne by the struggle and sacrifice of our people - by leaders who have asked ordinary Americans to do extraordinary things."

"America is a country that hasn't come easily. In our brief history, we have been tested by revolution and slavery, war and depression, and great movements for social, civil, and equal rights."

"Meeting the challenge posed by our oil dependence won't require us to build the massive war machine that Franklin Roosevelt called for so many years ago, but it will require the same sense of shared s..."