Barack Obama

Your Government will do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to stop this crisis.

BP is responsible for this leak; BP will be paying the bill.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

My approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth.

I had my heart set on the Nobel Prize--for Physics.

None of this came easy.

It is great to be here in the Big House, and may I say 'Go Blue!'

Our democracy has survived.

Democracy in a nation of more than 300 million people is inherently difficult.

Don't worry, Barack, you're likeable enough.

And now the question for your generation is this: how will you keep our democracy going?

You'll never see it coming.

It makes it that much more important that journalists out there seek only the truth.

People say to me, 'Mr. President, you helped revive the banking industry, you saved GM and Chrysler, what about the news business?'

Politics has never been for the thinskinned or the faint of heart.

I'm just the President.

I cherish that work as well.

I'm calling on leaders in both parties to resist these pressures.

This is an issue that goes to whether or not we will have a Government that works for ordinary Americans, a Government of, by, and for the people.

Now, we can expect that these proposed changes will be met with heavy resistance from the special interests and their supporters in Congress.

Now, look, I have a reputation for giving cable a hard time, so let's pick on Politico for a while.

When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders; when we fail to educate ourselves about the major issues of the day; when we choose not to make our voices and opinions heard, that's when democracy breaks down.

Every special interest is entitled to justice, but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office.

America's success has never been a given.

You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it.