Barack Obama

We want credit to flow again, but we just want to make sure that there's enough regulatory common sense in place that ordinary Americans aren't taken advantage of.

Look, first of all, everybody should have complete confidence in the banks.

Well, look, I understand Congress's frustrations, and they're responding to, I think, everybody's anger.

At our best, we have never relied on hope and chance alone.

The problem is not a lack of technology.

And that is the forward-thinking purpose of the budget that I submitted to Congress.

He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world.

I'm confident that these distinguished individuals will use their unique talents to help us take on the important work that lies ahead.

Most of the stuff that got us into trouble was perfectly legal.

This is the spirit that you are reclaiming here at the electric vehicle test center.

Everybody's got an opinion.

The Department of Commerce must and will be an unyielding advocate for American business and American jobs, at home and around the world.

Those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held accountable to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our best in the light of day.

To kick these problems down the road for another four years or eight years, that would be to continue the same irresponsibility that got us to this point. I didn't run for president to pass on our problems to the next generation.

Some of these choices may be difficult. I won't lie to you. We can't keep on just printing money and saying we'll let our children worry about it. But we have to do it in a way that right now focuses on just getting people back on their…

I didn't run for President to pass on our problems to the next generation or the next President. I ran for President to solve these problems so that you've got a better shot at life.

Now, there are those who say these plans are too ambitious. We should be trying to do less and not more.

But what's just as important is that we make sure we don't find ourselves in this situation again where taxpayers are on the hook for losses in bad times and all the wealth generated in good times goes to those who are at the very top of…

So for everybody in Washington who's busy scrambling and trying to figure out how to blame somebody else, just go ahead and talk to me. Because it's my job to make sure that we fix these messes even if I don't make them.

So we're going to do everything we can to deal with these specific bonuses. And I know Washington is all in a tizzy and everybody is pointing fingers at each other and saying it's their fault, the Democrats' fault, the Republicans' fault…

People are right to be angry. I'm angry.

We're trying to create the jobs of the future, and we're trying to get this economy moving again, fix the banking system so that you start seeing more economic activity.

I have proposed the largest increase in the VA budget in 30 years.

We are not only going to make it through this crisis, we are going to come out on the other side a stronger and more prosperous nation.

Sudan is a priority for this administration, particularly at a time when it cries out for peace and for justice.