Barack Obama

All the work you did back in 2008, it's paid off.

Leaders of both parties have done the right thing for our families and for our economy by reaching an agreement that will prevent a tax hike on 160 million working Americans.

That sense of urgency and determination and the values that are at stake are no less today than they were back in 2008.

I urge Congress to pass this agreement so that the payroll tax cut we put in place last year will not expire at the end of this month.

Today, I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

In the United States of America, a teacher, a nurse, or a construction worker who earns $50,000 a year should not pay taxes at a higher rate than somebody making $50 million.

I refuse to take no for an answer.

I am directing my Administration to allow the development of clean energy projects on enough public lands to power three million homes.

Part of our job is to say, as tough as it is, as incremental as it sometimes seems, things have changed.

Today, the American auto industry is back.

I will sign them right away.

I guarantee you, there are all kinds of friends of yours who, when you talk to them: 'Well, Guantanamo is not closed yet, or the war in Afghanistan is still raging.'

This country does not give up.

We believed in a country where everybody gets a fair shot.

We can't let it slip away.

What's required at the end of the day to create the kind of country we want is stick-to-it-ness.

These are not Democratic values or Republican values.

We said that in this country nobody should go bankrupt because they get sick.

Why not put some Americans to work?

We said that it shouldn't matter who you love if you want to serve the country you love.

When warranted, the United States will respond to hostile acts in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country.

America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal.

This is my last election, and after my election, I'll have more flexibility.

$40 would cover the gas that gets him to his day job.

It is absolutely vital that we have a strong relationship with China.