Barack Obama

I think Paul, for example, head of the budget committee, has looked at the budget and has made a serious proposal.

There's nothing serious or courageous about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. And I don't think there's anything courageous about asking for sacrifice from those…

I believe it paints a vision of our future that is deeply pessimistic. It's a vision that says if our roads crumble and our bridges collapse, we can't afford to fix them. That's not right. And it's not going to happen as long as I'm…

Congressman Ryan is a decent man. He is a family man. He is an articulate spokesman for Governor Romney's vision, but it's a vision I fundamentally disagree with.

We're not going to let politics stand between construction workers and good jobs repairing our roads and bridges.

The American people deserve to have their leaders come together and make the tough choices necessary to live within our means.

My administration will continue to do everything we can to put Americans back to work.

That's how we'll put more people back to work and build an economy that lasts.

I'm pleased that we are taking steps to strengthen American manufacturing by launching a new manufacturing institute in Ohio.

This institute will help make sure that the manufacturing jobs of tomorrow take root not in places like China or India, but right here in the United States of America.

We think that's what the debate is going to be about.

We are still a young nation, and we've got the greatest diversity of talent and ingenuity.

It's simply preposterous to suggest that the central element of the Ryan budget has said is 'marvelous' and 'exciting'.

Achieving high performance... is a problem.

We will win Iowa. We will win this election.

We know we need to not just spend time here, but remind people of the promises that he made here, the promises he's kept.

We need folks who are working to insource, to create jobs here, and hire American workers.

This is a competitive world right now.

We do want high standards.

Americans are tough, and we are resilient, and we may get knocked down, but we bounce back up.

I know how tough it is to be a teacher.

You can't be stopped when you decide on something.

That's how you grow an economy, not from the top down, from the middle out, from the bottom up, giving everybody a fair shot.

This journey is not done yet.

This type of violence has no place in our society.