Barack Obama

Now is a time to come together, Democrats and Republicans in a spirit of cooperation for the sake of the American people. The plan that has been submitted to Congress by the Bush administration is flawed. But the effort to protect the…

It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess. And I think that it is -- it is going to be part of the…

We cannot risk an economic catastrophe.

I will not allow this plan to become a welfare program for Wall Street executives.

This plan cannot be a welfare program for CEOs whose greed and irresponsibility has contributed to this crisis.

There should be a path for taxpayers to recover their money, and to turn a profit if Wall Street prospers.

It's a market that has created a prosperity that is the envy of the world.

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

The clock is ticking on this crisis.

That's why our economy hasn't just been the world's greatest wealth generator - it's bound America together.

This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem - this is an American problem.

We cannot bail out Wall Street without helping millions of families facing foreclosure on Main Street.

But here's what I also know: I know we can steer ourselves out of this crisis.

We should not hand over a blank check to the discretion of one man.

The American people are facing a moment of economic crisis.

I don't want to wake up in four years to find that more Americans fell out of the middle-class.

Does that mean that I can do everything that I have called for in this campaign... Probably not.

We can ask taxpayers to make an investment in the stability of our economy but we cannot ask them to hand their money over to Wall Street without some expectation of being made whole.

I go back to Secretary Paulson and say, let's work.

Does that mean that I can do everything that I've called for in this campaign? Probably not. Right away, probably not, I think we're going to have to phase it in.

After the economy recovers, we should institute a financial stability fee on the entire financial services industry to repay any losses to the American people and make sure we are never asked again to foot the bill for Wall Street's…

Now is the time for Americans to unite on behalf of the strong sanctions that are needed to increase pressure on the Iranian regime.

The threat from Iran's nuclear program is grave.

The security of our ally Israel is too important to play partisan politics.

I strongly condemn President Ahmadinejad's outrageous remarks at the United Nations.