Barack Obama

My opponent attacked me for being associated with a Fannie Mae guy who I met once and talked to for maybe five minutes. The guy actually had to send out a letter saying, 'That's not true. I actually don't really talk to the guy.'

All of us have a responsibility to pay our fair share.

If you want real change - if you want to shine a bright light into the backrooms of Washington; if you want to replace the special interests with your interests, if you want a government that costs less and works better for everyday…

The change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.

We need a plan that helps families stay in their homes, and workers keep their jobs; a plan that gives hardworking Americans relief instead of using taxpayer dollars to reward CEOs on Wall Street.

We must change Washington now.

I called it legalized bribery, and while it didn't make me the most popular guy in Springfield, I put an end to it.

Change in Washington is what we need right now.

Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.

The truth is, our earmark system in Washington is fraught with abuse.

The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has led us to a perilous moment.

This is something new for America.

Even in the face of genocide, the pain of the past has not defeated the Armenians, either in Armenia or the far-flung diaspora.

I need you to make it happen.

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

If we had had a regulatory system that had kept pace with the changes in the financial system, that would have had an enormous impact in containing some of the problems that are out there.

Armenians first achieved their modern independence in 1918 and regained it after 70 years of Soviet rule in 1991.

We cannot have a plan for Wall Street banks that does not help homeowners stay in their homes and help distressed communities.

I think that when you think about the challenges we face, these are challenges that require us to look forward and not backwards.

Here in America, our destiny is not written for us; it's written by us.

There can be no blank check.

I will invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy.

We must work quickly in a bipartisan fashion to resolve this crisis to avert an even broader economic catastrophe.

You don't bail out shareholders.

The bottom line is am I viewed as somebody who's gonna be a champion for the guy who's waking up every day, working hard for a paycheck?