Barack Obama

We will not let the acts of some small band of murderers distort who we are.

We do not succumb to fear, nor will we squander the optimism that has always defined us as a people.

We will never hand them that victory.

The highest honor we can pay those we lost is to stay true to who we are as Americans.

We have the best minds, the best intelligence officers, the best special forces, who are thinking about this day and night as long as I'm president.

Bin Laden has gone deep underground. Even Zawahiri, who is more often out there, has been much more cautious.

My preference, obviously, would be to capture or kill him.

Bin Laden has gone deep underground, even Zawahiri, who is more often out there, has been much more cautious. But we have the best minds, the best intelligence officers, the best Special Forces who are thinking about this day and night.

One of the things that I most admired about President Bush was after 9/11, him being crystal clear about the fact that we were not at war with Islam. We are at war with terrorists and murderers who had perverted Islam, had stolen its…

I ran for President because I believed the policies of the previous decade had left our economy weaker and our middle class struggling.

I call upon all public officials, educators, librarians, and Americans to observe this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the tremendous achievements HBCUs and their graduates have made to our…

On National Grandparents Day, we honor those who have helped shape the character of our Nation.

Provision to these countries' governments would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States.

He is one of the finest economists in the country.

I am proud to nominate such impressive men and women to these important roles, and I am grateful they have agreed to lend their considerable talents to this administration.

I ran precisely because I did not think middle class families in this country were getting a fair shake.

I have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2010, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.

The American people didn't send us here to think about our jobs. They sent us here to think about theirs.

I have complete confidence he'll do an outstanding job as CEA Chair.

I call upon every American to make an enduring commitment to serve their community and our Nation.

We have to make sure that we don't start turning on each other.

I've signed eight separate small business tax cuts into law.

This agency, I think, has the capacity to really provide middle class families the kind of protection that's been lacking for too long.

I intend to sign a Small Business Jobs Bill.

We believe in cutting taxes for middle class families and small-business owners.