Barack Obama

I want to give middle class families and folks who are striving to get into the middle class some relief.

I believe in self-reliance and individual initiative.

We've got to make sure that we have the best education system in the world.

The cost of lowering rates for everybody across the board 20 percent ... costs about $5 trillion.

I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that on the day of his interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.

I think one thing we've learned is that consistently the American people are a lot smarter than some political entities give them credit for.

His number-one goal tomorrow is to continue to lay out his vision for the American people for the next four years.

I think the sum is where everybody -- we're all on the same page here is this race is very close.

Rallying the world to isolate Iran and increase the pressure on its leadership so that they stop pursuing a nuclear weapon has been a top priority for the President since the day he took office.

Their different visions for the middle class.

Change doesn't happen overnight and we've made a lot of progress, but we have a lot more to go.

I have beaten a brain tumor, bypass heart surgery, and many tough political opponents, and I'm going to beat this too.

The United States congratulates the European Union on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

We have no stronger partner than Europe and are pleased to see it recognized for its achievements.

I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil, that interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is necessary because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit…

I know that jobs and prosperity don't trickle down from the top.

I think it's something that needs to be discussed.

People want to work hard, they want to feel like they're contributing, they want to feel like they're helping to build the country.

We are going to have to be fired up, and we're going to have to be ready to go.

Let's go get this done.

That sense that folks who have contributed to this country but are at the lower ends of the income scale are somehow looking for government to do something for them, or feel some sense of entitlement, is just fundamentally wrong.

I believe that when middle-class families are doing well – they've got money in their pockets, they're getting decent wages, they've got some health care security – then we all do better.

I'm going to need your help to finish what we started.

You allowed us to bring our troops home so their families could greet them and say, 'Welcome home.'

That is not who we are.