Barack Obama actually said...

"Jim, the Head of Caterpillar said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off. And that's a story I'm confident will be repeated at c..."

"I don't want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems, nor does it constitute all of what we're going to have to do to turn our economy around. But today does mark the beginning of..."

"The road to recovery will not be straight. We will make progress, and there may be some slippage along the way. It will demand courage and discipline."

"We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive in our time. And that's why we're here today."