Barack Obama

I wasn't sent to Washington to just do what was popular; you sent me there to do what was right.

I was not sent to Washington just to do what was popular; I was sent to do what was right.

We do not want to go backwards into the ditch again.

I wasn't commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there.

This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable.

I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put the mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right the people had that dates back to our founding.

I believe that Muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan in accordance with…

This is exactly when you want to be President.

Just a year and a half ago, the economy was shrinking rapidly.

That's why we went to Washington.

We've got to keep moving forward.

I want to see printed on the side, 'Made in America.'

There's nothing we cannot achieve when we set our minds to it.

All we need to do is harness the potential that has always been central to our success.

Our job wasn't just to make sure that we didn't go into a depression; our job was to figure out how are we going to put this economy back on track so it works for everybody, not just some, but for everybody.

We fight for our future.

We're investing in 21st century infrastructure.

Our commitment to clean energy will lead to more than 800,000 jobs by 2012.

When the chips are down, it's always a mistake to bet against the American worker.

We expect our commitment to clean energy to lead to more than 800,000 jobs by 2012.

The America I believe in, it always moves forward.

Don't bet against the American worker.

You're pointing the country towards a brighter economic future.

We have been through tough times before.

We can't afford to reverse back into the ditch. We've got to go forward.