Barack Obama

The democratization of tools required to create products has been critical for supporting entrepreneurship and has led to a renaissance of American manufacturing.

We must keep America on the cutting edge of innovation and attract more high-quality manufacturing jobs for workers to fill in the 21st-century economy.

Today's action builds on last year's historic Paris Agreement.

This gives us the best possible shot to save the one planet we've got.

Today is a historic day in the fight to protect our planet for future generations.

Inclusion has been key to ensuring that the investments we make to develop our workforce result in a more effective and skilled government for the American people.

We set the first-ever nationwide standards to limit the amount of carbon pollution that power plants can dump into the air our children breathe.

The Paris Agreement alone will not solve the climate crisis.

Promoting diversity and inclusion ensures that national security departments and agencies can recruit their employees from the broadest possible pool of talent.

Diversity has always been one of the Nation's greatest strengths.

That's our most important mission: to make sure our kids and our grandkids have at least as beautiful a planet and, hopefully, even more beautiful, than the one that we had.

Strong rural communities are key to a stronger America

We are committed to the people of South Sudan.

This moment is more important than ever.

Much like the festival I dropped by in Austin earlier this year, SXSL is, at its heart, a call to action.

Youth substance use can be prevented—and with dedicated, collective effort across our communities, we can ensure more Americans live long, productive lives.

This month, let us continue taking every step possible to increase these efforts for our young people—and for all Americans—so that they may pursue a bright future filled with possibility and opportunity.

The scientific consensus is in, and the argument is now over.

We get an incomplete.

Today, I'm inviting a bunch of these folks to my backyard for South by South Lawn.

We've got to give incentives to companies: startups, existing companies.

Every dollar invested in school-based substance use prevention programs can save nearly $18 in costs related to the disease of substance use disorder later on.

I've never been more optimistic that we will.

Everybody cares about their kids, their grandkids, and the kind of world we pass on to them.

This is going to be a really important test for humanity and our political system.