Barack Obama actually said...

"While this memorandum is an important step on the path to equality, my administration continues to be prevented by existing Federal law from providing same-sex domestic partners with the full range of..."

"We will not be held hostage to energy sources from the last century."

"We can't afford to return to the precrisis status quo."

"They helped to lay the soundtrack for an entire generation, an era of endless possibility and of great change."