Barack Obama

Every municipality has to make its own decisions about how to handle these issues.

And we will remind the entire world just why it is that the United States of America is the greatest country on Earth.

We ended 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the change that you made.

I will always tell you where I stand.

Ensuring our future leaders and innovators receive a complete and competitive education is fundamental to our Nation's economic prosperity and our role as a thriving democracy.

It takes all of you.

By working toward thoughtful education reform and making every classroom a place of high expectations and high performance, we can take steps to ensure our future generations are prepared to uphold our founding promise of opportunity.

Change is the first bill I signed into law, a law that says an equal day's work should mean an equal day's pay.

I call upon all Americans to observe this week by supporting their local schools through appropriate activities, events, and programs designed to help create opportunities for every school and student in America.

Parents, community leaders, and mentors play a vital role in cultivating a love of learning and instilling in our children the self-confidence, creativity, and discipline that serve as a foundation for success.

Teachers, administrators, and other education professionals are unfaltering in their dedication to giving children the education they deserve.

It was about a vision that we share for America.

We've agreed to address a set of next-generation trade issues.

We're not going to be able to put our folks back to work and grow our economy and expand opportunity unless the Asia-Pacific region is also successful.

The Asia-Pacific region is absolutely critical to America's economic growth.

Our 21 economies, our nearly 3 billion citizens, are looking to us to bring our economies closer, to increase exports, to expand trade and opportunity that creates jobs and economic growth.

I'm confident that we can make significant progress.

The importance of close coordination to address security challenges in Peru and throughout the Americas cannot be overstated.

We are committed to continue partnering on an agenda that prioritizes social inclusion.

I think it's an example of the importance that both countries place on economic reform and economic growth.

Thank you again for a constructive conversation, but more importantly, thank you for several years of constructive engagement with the United States.

We currently trade over $200 billion with these countries; that trade is growing significantly.

I want to assure you that the American people continue to stand beside you and ready to help in any way they can.

We are bound together by a common belief and a common concern for our people, their aspirations, their hopes, their dreams.

I am confident that we can get this done.