Barack Obama

John F. Kennedy chose a life in the arena, full of confidence that our country could surmount any obstacle.

Every year, tens of millions of tourists from all over the world come and visit America. The more folks who visit America, the more Americans we can get back to work. We need to help businesses all across the country grow and create jobs…

I told President Hu that we welcome China's increasing the flexibility of its currency.

These cross-border collaborations, both public and private, underpin the expanding U.S.-China commercial partnership.

To the extent that China is functioning as a responsible actor on the world stage, that is something that can help create stability and order and prosperity around the world.

We have an enormous stake in each other's success.

I always know Joe is coming from a place of principle.

Let us never forget the values that our people share: a reverence for family; the belief that, with education and hard work and with sacrifice, the future is what we make it.

I am very pleased that we've completed dozens of deals that will increase U.S. exports by more than $45 billion.

May they grow together in friendship, may they prosper together in peace, and may they realize their dream of the future for themselves, for their children, and for their grandchildren.

The more we understand each other's challenges, the more we can take advantage of opportunities.

China is a key market for U.S. exports.

We're now exporting more than $100 billion a year in goods and services to China, which supports more than half a million American jobs.

These deals worth over $45 billion in increased exports will help support an estimated 235,000 jobs in the United States.

The positive, constructive, cooperative U.S.-China relationship is good for the United States.

I reaffirmed America's fundamental commitment to the universal rights of all people.

I want to congratulate Senator Joe Lieberman on an extraordinary career in public service.

I absolutely believe that China's peaceful rise is good for the world and it's good for America.

History shows that societies are more harmonious, nations are more successful, and the world is more just when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld, including the universal rights of every human being.

Cooperation between our countries is also good for the world.

Joe has spent four decades fighting for what he believes in on behalf of the people of Connecticut.

Let us seize these possibilities together.

We agreed that the paramount goal must be complete denuclearization of the peninsula.

We seek to base our relationship on mutual prosperity, respect for the rules-based trading system, and a deep commitment to resolve outstanding economic issues.

We expect the interim government of Tunisia to uphold universal human rights and hold free and fair elections.