Barack Obama

Education has made America the wealthiest, most successful country.

We take Federal drug enforcement extraordinarily seriously.

The law should be changed by Congress, not the courts.

Elections are only one instrument of democratic governance.

We can no longer afford to sit still.

I congratulate the people and Government of the Kyrgyz Republic for carrying out orderly parliamentary elections yesterday.

We're eliminating tens of billions of dollars in wasteful subsidies for banks to administer student loans.

Thank you for Sweden's leadership on a broad range of issues.

I do hereby proclaim October 11, 2010, as Columbus Day.

I welcome the Nobel Committee's decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Liu Xiaobo.

Equal access, equal opportunity, the freedom to make of our lives what we will, living up to these principles is an obligation we have as Americans.

I believe that instead of extending tax loopholes that encourage investments in overseas jobs, we should permanently extend the tax credit that goes to companies for all the research and innovation they do right here in America.

The only piece of economic news that folks still looking for work want to hear is, 'You're hired.'

This award reminds us that political reform has not kept pace and that the basic human rights of every man, woman, and child must be respected.

I'm not interested in trends or figures as much as I am interested in the people behind them.

We call on the Chinese Government to release Mr. Liu as soon as possible.

No child should have to learn on an empty stomach.

I know this was also an enormous sacrifice for the Jones family.

The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act will make it easier for people who are deaf, blind, or live with a visual impairment to do what many of us take for granted.

America will always be a voice for those aspirations that are universal to all human beings.

I am withholding my approval of this bill.

That is the kind of American leadership that Jim Jones has always stood for and the kind of leadership that Tom and my entire national security team will continue to work for in the years to come.

For decades he has been a moral titan: a voice of principle, an unrelenting champion of justice, and a dedicated peacemaker.

You didn't send me to Washington to do what was easy.

We will miss his insight and his activism, but will continue to learn from his example.