Barack Obama

What the American people can't afford, though, is four more years of failed economic policies.

Parents are going to have to show more responsibility, they have to turn off the TV set, put away the video games and finally, start instilling that thirst for knowledge that our students need.

Well, I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide fairness and justice to the American people. And it is true that this is going be I think one of…

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

I know these are difficult times.

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

We will all need to sacrifice and we will all need to pull our weight because now more than ever, we are all in this together.

We cannot afford to wait any longer.

Your jobs. Your health care. Your retirement. Your children's future.

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

We need policies that grow our economy from the bottom-up, so that every American, everywhere, has the chance to get ahead.

That's not change - it's just more of the same.

Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

If you want real change - if you want an economy that rewards work, and that works for Main Street and Wall Street; if you want tax relief for the middle class and millions of new jobs; then I ask you to knock on some doors, make some…

It's also important that we continue to work with governments around the globe to confront what is truly a global crisis.

I have a different set of priorities.

We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for America.

I think everybody understands at this point that we are experiencing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Now, it is true that my friend and supporter, Warren Buffett, for example, could afford to pay a little more in taxes.

I want to end the tax breaks for companies that are shipping jobs overseas.

There's some ideas that Senator McCain has put forward in the last couple of weeks that are very bad ideas.

It's a plan that begins with one word that's on everybody's mind. And it's easy to spell: J-O-B-S, jobs.

There are some ideas that Senator McCain has put forward in the last couple of weeks that are very bad ideas.

There's some ideas Senator McCain has put forward in the last couple of weeks that are very bad ideas.

Injecting capital into our financial institutions is essential to stabilizing our economy, but we must make sure we are not giving sweetheart, insider deals that shift the risk to taxpayers without giving them sufficient upside.