Barack Obama actually said...

When a plane is finally lifting off the ground, you don't ease up on the throttle.

Remarks on Payroll Tax Cut and Unemployment Insurance Legislation

02/13/2012

More Barack Obama Quotes

Your voice proved them wrong.

Statutory PAYGO would hold us to a simple but bedrock principle: Congress can only spend a dollar if it saves a dollar elsewhere.

I didn't get elected to play it safe.

We have been given the opportunity to change our country for the better.