Barack Obama

There's plenty of blame to go around. Many in Washington and Wall Street deserve it. All of us now have a responsibility to solve this crisis, because it affects the financial well-being of every single American.

There will be time to punish those who set this fire.

There's plenty of blame to go around; and many in Washington and Wall Street deserve it. All of us now have a responsibility to solve this crisis because it affects the financial well-being of every single American.

This is no longer just a Wall Street crisis - it's an American crisis.

We cannot wait to help Americans keep up with rising costs and shrinking paychecks by giving our workers a middle-class tax cut.

The fact that we are in this mess is an outrage.

I will reform our health care system to relieve families, businesses, and the entire economy from the crushing cost of health care.

This crisis is a direct result of a philosophy that the people who've been running Washington, for the last eight years, have been following.

We need a President who will change this economy so that it finally works for your family.

I said absolutely not.

I am running for President because we simply cannot afford four more years of an economic philosophy that works for Wall Street instead of Main Street.

We have a different way of measuring the fundamentals of our economy.

We meet here at a time of great uncertainty for America.

It is time to reform Washington.

I know what we need to do.

We need to stop giving those tax cuts to corporations and CEOs on Wall Street, and start standing up for families out on Main Street.

We can do this because Americans have done this before.

We meet here at a time of great uncertainty for America.

Our nation has faced difficult times before.

If the American people are being asked to pay for the solution to this crisis, then you have a right to make sure that your tax dollars are protected.

We need a President who will fight for the middle class every single day, and that's exactly what I'll do when I'm President of the United States.

I will finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American.

You see, I think Senator McCain just doesn't get it - he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit Main Street a long time ago.

I will eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses and start-ups - that's how we'll grow our economy and create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow.

We have to have a president who is clear that you don't deal with Russia based on staring into his eyes and seeing his soul.