Barack Obama

The good news is that after this week we have made a legitimate downpayment on deficit reduction in a way that's actually responsible.

We are a nation of laws, and we are a nation of immigrants.

Nothing was more powerful than the American people when they make common cause and they decide that they want to bring about change.

I want to urge all of you to get involved as a team to start going out not only spreading the message, but also listening to people.

I think most of the American people believe the same thing.

How are we going to put people back to work; how are we going to raise their wages, increase their security;

We want to make sure that we're prioritizing our resources.

We have now averted what could have been a disastrous blow to the economy.

It's absolutely critical that all of you stay involved.

I'm encouraging Congress to take it with the utmost seriousness.

You did not elect me President to duck the tough issues.

You own this campaign. You own this country.

My argument is that we need a Government that is smart, that is living within its means, but also we need a Government that is making the kind of commitment to opportunity for everybody.

We can deliver the change that's needed for the American people.

When the American people join together, we cannot be stopped.

It's our job to constantly restore it and revitalize it and to have confidence in the American people.

We're going to make sure that in this country that we love, that nobody is discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation.

My expectation and I think the American people's expectation is, is that this gets resolved before the end of this week.

I want to build electric cars in America, and I want to ship them all around the world, because we've got the best technologies.

This was going to be about us.

This democracy works when people get involved.

Our foreign policy can't just be about war, it's also got to be about peace.

This is a lose-lose-lose situation that can be easily solved if Congress gets back into town and does its job.

I ran because I believed that our success is defined not by stock prices or corporate profits alone, but by whether ordinary people can find a good job that supports a family.

At a time when we should be singularly focused on how to make ourselves more competitive, politics continues to get in the way.