Barack Obama

My sense is that despite partisan differences, despite regional differences and different priorities, everybody is concerned about the legacy we're leaving to our children.

On the one hand, the majority has to be inclusive. On the other hand, the minority has to be constructive. And so to the -- to the extent that on many of these issues we are able to break out of sort of the rigid day-to-day politics and…

Somehow it's being characterized in broad brushes. Wasteful spending? That starts sounding more like politics.

My sense is that, despite partisan differences, despite regional differences and different priorities, everybody is concerned about the legacy we're leaving to our children. And the hope was is that, if we had a forum like this to start…

I think that some of us get on our high horse and say we've got the answer to health care. Well, it turns out that, you know, there are costs involved on the front end even if the benefits accrue, you know, in the out years. There are…

Jim, the Head of Caterpillar said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.

We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive in our time. And that's why we're here today.

It will not reward folks who bought homes they knew from the beginning they would never be able to afford.

But I want to be very clear about what this plan will not do. It will not rescue the unscrupulous or irresponsible by throwing good taxpayer money after bad loans.

I'm still happy with his ideas and, you know, everything, I think everything is going to change with him.

We have asked for the unprecedented trust of the American people to deal boldly with the greatest economic crisis we've seen in decades.

Crisis could turn into catastrophe.

We know that, if we do not act, a bad situation will become dramatically worse. Crisis could turn into catastrophe for families and businesses across the country.

The American people are watching. They need this plan to work. They expect to see the money that they have earned, that they have worked so hard to earn spent in its intended purposes, without waste, without inefficiency, without fraud.

I will not compromise or tolerate any shortcuts. The American people are looking to us, each of you, as well as myself and Joe and others in our administration, for leadership, and it's up to us to reward their faith.

If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it and put a stop to it. I want everybody here to be on notice that, if a local government does the same, I will call them out on it…

Jim, the Head of Caterpillar said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.

We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive in our time. And that's why we're here today.

I came to Canada on my first trip as president to underscore the closeness and importance of the relationship between our two nations and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to work with friends and partners to meet the common…

It is a great pleasure to be here in Iowa -- in Ottawa.

First we shared a commitment to economic recovery. The people of North America are hurting. And that is why our governments are acting.

At that point, we will be able to, I think, provide you with some clearer direction in terms of how we intend to approach Afghanistan.

I don't think NAFTA has been good for America, and I never have.

There's a way of doing this that is not disruptive to the extraordinarily important trade relationships that exist between the United States and Canada.

I came to Canada to underscore the closeness and importance of the relationship between our two nations and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to work with friends and partners to meet the common challenges of our time.