Barack Obama actually said...

"Great teachers see things in students that they don't even see in themselves."

"The notion that somehow we would not welcome their desire to be full-fledged parts of this community and this country and to contribute makes absolutely no sense."

"A country's presence on the foregoing list is not a reflection of its government's counternarcotics efforts or level of cooperation with the United States."

"I'm always trying to push a little more optimism."