Barack Obama

We must make sure our system of regulations covers appropriate institutions and markets, and is comprehensive and free of gaps, and prevents those being regulated from cherry-picking among competing regulators.

Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all. Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high, the consequences too serious.

If you are willing to volunteer in your neighborhood or give back to your community or serve your country, we will make sure that you can afford a higher education.

Now is the time to act boldly and wisely.

This could be called the American tradition. Artists demonstrating the courage and talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonance sounds of the American experience.

I think this was a mistake. I think it screwed up. And, you know, I take responsibility for it.

I have asked my economic team to develop recommendations for regulatory reform and then to collaborate with these members of the Congress and others from both sides of the aisle.

I have the utmost confident that if these outstanding public servants standing beside me are working in concert, if we all do our jobs, if we once again guide the markets' invisible hand with a higher principle, our markets will recover…

Indeed, this could be called the American tradition; artists demonstrating the courage and talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonant sounds of the American experience.

When I was first discovering music, just like Michelle, it was Stevie's albums that I found, and his songs became the sound track of my youth. And through them I found peace and inspiration, especially in difficult times.

I think this was a mistake. I think I screwed up. And I take responsibility for it.

I've asked my economic team to develop recommendations for regulatory reform and then to collaborate with these members of Congress and others from both sides of the aisle.

I have the utmost confidence that if these outstanding public servants standing beside me are working in concert, if we all do our jobs, if we once again guide the market's invisible hands with a higher principle, our markets will recover.

I want to pass a budget next year that ensures that each dollar we spend reflects only our most important national priorities.

Last night I outlined my vision for our common future. One in which we accept the responsibility to act boldly and wisely to confront the extraordinary challenges of our times. Put people back to work doing the work America needs done. And…

The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere. But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this. We will…

Last night, I outlined my vision for our common future, one in which we accept the responsibility to act boldly and wisely to confront the extraordinary challenges of our times, put people back to work doing the work America needs done…

The Sinhala-dominated government has discriminated against and persecuted the civilian Tamils of Sri Lanka since independence in 1948.

Largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running

By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.

I hope he backs it up, and I hope you do, too.

We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.

Over the next two years this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs. More than 90 percent of these jobs will be in the private sector, jobs rebuilding roads and bridges, constructing wind turbines and solar panels, laying broadband and…

We will rebuild. We will recover. And the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.

Yes, I have a mandate to deal with the economy.