We can do this if we come together; if we have confidence in ourselves and each other.

He should implement this plan quickly, aggressively, and ensure that it protects taxpayers, does not reward CEOs, and is limited in duration.

This is not a time for ideology - it's a time for common sense and a politics of pragmatism.

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

We can meet this moment.

The test of any idea must not be whether it is liberal or conservative, but whether it works for the American people.

We need policies that grow our economy from the bottom-up.

Now is not the time for fear.

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

We can't afford four more years of the economic theory that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else.

We need action now.