Barack Obama

We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for America.

It comes down to values - in America, do we simply value wealth, or do we value the work that creates it?

I will not allow countries to out-teach us today so they can out-compete us tomorrow.

It will take a new direction.

But it is fair to say that over the course of three debates and twenty months, Senator McCain still hasn't offered a single thing that he would do differently from George W. Bush when it comes to the most important economic issues we face…

I believe that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis because I believe in this country.

I think every single American has a right to affordable accessible health care.

If we're going to rebuild this economy from the bottom up, it has to start on Main Street - not just the big banks on Wall Street.

We can't afford four more years like the last eight.

The American people don't want to hear politicians attack each other - you want to hear about how we're going to attack the challenges facing middle class families.

It is time to turn the page on eight years of economic policies that put Wall Street before Main Street but ended up hurting both.

America can meet this moment.

If I am President, I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million new, green jobs over the next decade.

I want to cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all workers.

Eight hundred and eighty-two billion dollars worth; $882 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived, badly-thought-through health care plan that won't provide more health care to people.

If I can answer the question. Number one, I want to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans.

It would mean fewer places to get care and less freedom to choose your own doctors. You'll pay more for your drugs, you'll receive fewer services. You'll get lower quality care.

Eight hundred and eighty-two billion dollars in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived, badly-thought- through health care plan that won't provide more health care to people.

The American people don't want to hear politicians attack each other – you want to hear about how we're going to attack the challenges facing middle class families each and every day.

The American story has never been about things coming easy – it's been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard.

The economic crisis we face is the worst since the Great Depression.

The future that you and I seek for our children is too important to let up now.

We are all connected; we're all in this together; and we will rise or fall as one nation – as one people.

It is time to turn the page on eight years of economic policies that put Wall Street before Main Street but ended up hurting both.

I believe that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis because I believe in this country.