Barack Obama

Congratulations to the world champion Philadelphia Phillies.

I do hereby proclaim May 17 through May 23, 2009, as National Small Business Week.

It also, as I mentioned to the team back here, was not just a victory for the people of Philadelphia.

We will also need help from Israel. Nothing will do more to make clear our seriousness about turning the page than demonstrating, with actions rather than words, that we are serious about Israel freezing settlement activity in the West…

Tonight we've learned that the president tomorrow is going to reinstitute the highly controversial Bush military tribunals to try some of these terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay.

You should not have to worry that when you sign up for a credit card, you're signing away all your rights. You shouldn't need a magnifying glass or a law degree to read the fine print that sometimes don't even appear to be written in…

These practices, they've only grown worse in the midst of this recession when hardworking Americans can afford them least. Now fees silently appear. Payment deadlines suddenly move. Millions of cardholders have seen their interest rates…

The public reports and the public justifications for these techniques, which is that we got information from these individuals that were subjected to these techniques doesn't answer the core question, which is could we have gotten that…

I ask all Americans to know their sacrifice and join me in humble thanks.

You believed that after an era of selfishness and greed, we could reclaim a sense of responsibility from Wall Street to Washington to Main Street.

More than anything, this economic crisis has reminded us we're all in this together.

I think that we have a better chance of getting it done this year than we've had in decades.

I call upon all Americans to learn more about, and express gratitude for, the heroic efforts of our men and women in uniform.

I'm calling on Congress to take final action to pass a credit card reform bill that protects American consumers and send it to my desk so that I can sign it into law by Memorial Day.

The crisis between the United States and Burma arising from the actions and policies of the Government of Burma... has not been resolved.

If you don't have health care or you're highly unsatisfied with your health care, then let's give you choices, let's give you options, including a public plan that you could enroll in and sign up for.

We need a new equilibrium where credit is flowing, where lenders can succeed, where consumers don't find themselves in a bad situation that they didn't anticipate.

The most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in greater danger.

But here's the thing, Class of 2009 -- it works the other way, too. Acts of sacrifice and decency, without regard to what's in it for you, that also creates ripple effects, ones that lift up families and communities, that spread…

We need young people like you to step up. We need your daring, we need your enthusiasm, we need your energy, we need your imagination.

It's clear that we need to build a new foundation, a stronger foundation for our economy and our prosperity, rethinking how we grow our economy, how we use energy, how we educate our children, how we care for our sick, how we treat our…

The preservation of the union or the determination to lift a country out of a depression, the creation of a quality product, a commitment to your customers, your workers, your shareholders, and your community.

It's the core mission of my presidency, and I hope this program will serve as a model for universities across this country.

If you think about Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the very same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different.

Think about it. It's in chasing titles and status, in worrying about the next election rather than the national interests and the interests of those who you're supposed to represent that politicians so often lose their ways in Washington.