Barack Obama

It's balanced and includes targeted fee increases and spending cuts designed in a way that doesn't hurt our economy.

Our financial system will be safer and the American people are more secure because we fought to include this protection in the law.

The United States and Russia remain strongly committed to building on this success.

I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, to direct the drawdown of up to $60 million in defense articles from the stocks of the Department of…

He's the right person to protect Americans who work hard and play by the rules every day.

I'm confident she will serve with distinction on the Federal bench.

Our role is to draw from the example of Nelson Mandela, both in our own lives and in dealing with the issues of the day.

The Volcker rule will make it illegal for firms to use Government-insured money to make speculative bets that threaten the entire financial system.

This P5-plus-1 process is a negotiation.

The American auto industry is back.

The American auto industry—the heartbeat of American manufacturing—was on the verge of collapse.

The WTO's Bali agreement also represents the rejuvenation of the multilateral trading system that supports millions of American jobs.

I am pleased to welcome the announcement from Bali, Indonesia, of the first fully multilateral trade agreement in the 20-year history of the World Trade Organization.

That's what this whole exercise is about.

If we cannot get the kind of comprehensive end state that satisfies us and the world community and the P-5-plus-1, then the pressure that we've been applying on them and the options...including a military option, is one that we would…

These are sanctions that are also participated in by Russia, by China, and some allies of ours like South Korea and Japan that find these sanctions very costly.

The best way for us to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapons is for a comprehensive, verifiable, diplomatic resolution, without taking any other options off the table if we fail to achieve that.

The power of President Mandela's example for the people of South Africa and the entire world

The recovery continues to gain traction

The combined trends of increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American Dream.

The basic bargain at the heart of our economy has frayed.

The defining challenge of our time: Making sure our economy works for every working American.

For freedom, Madiba's moral courage, this country's historic transition to a free and democratic nation has been a personal inspiration to me. It has been an inspiration to the world.

We've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. He no longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages.

Even as we mourn, we remember how privileged the world was to witness the transformation he wrought by changing minds and hearts.