Barack Obama: “The decision to invest taxpayer dollars into these companies required all stakeholders to make difficult sacrifices.”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.