Barack Obama actually said...

The United States will continue to stand up for democracy and the universal rights that all human beings deserve in Syria and around the wor...

The Syrian people have called for the freedoms that all individuals around the world should enjoy: freedom of expression, association, peace...

The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of force by the Syrian Government against demonstrators.

We deplore the use of violence and we're very concerned about what we've -- the reports we've seen from Syria.