Barack Obama

I will not let up until those Americans who are looking for jobs can find them.

We cannot go back to an economy based on overleveraged banks, inflated profits, and maxed-out credit cards.

Women make, on average, only 78 cents for every dollar paid to men.

We will pass the reforms necessary to protect consumers, investors, and the entire financial system.

We will pursue change relentlessly because it is absolutely necessary to lift this country up.

Each generation of successful women serves as a catalyst to empower, enlighten, and educate the next generation of girls and boys.

Taken together, this 'bold, persistent experimentation' has brought our economy back from the brink.

Change never is easy.

Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom.

Today, our country renews its commitment to freedom and justice for all our citizens.

The situation in Afghanistan is a quote, 'War of Necessity.'

We will make sure that no insurance company or government bureaucrat gets between you and the care that you need. And we will do this without adding to our deficit over the next decade.

Every time we are in sight of health insurance reform, the special interest fight back with everything they've got. They use their influence, they ran their ads and their political allies try to scare the heck out of everybody.

Our system really is not a health care system. It's more like a disease care system. All right? We wait until people get sick and then we provide them care.

Bankrupting families. It is bankrupting businesses. And we are going to fix it when we pass health insurance reform this year. We are going to fix it.

The First Family would very much appreciate if you respect the privacy of the girls while they're out here on vacation.

He wants you to relax and have a good time.

We will make sure that no insurance company or government bureaucrat gets between you and the care that you need. And we will do this without adding to our deficit over the next decade.

Every time we are in sight of health insurance reform, the special interest fight back with everything they've got. They use their influence, they ran their ads and their political allies try to scare the heck out of everybody. It happened…

Our system really is not a health care system. It's more like a disease care system. All right? We wait until people get sick and then we provide them care.

Bankrupting families. It is bankrupting businesses. And we are going to fix it when we pass health insurance reform this year. We are going to fix it.

I can't promise you that the reforms we seek will be perfect or make a difference overnight.

And that is what our generation of Americans is called to do right now.

This is our chance to march forward.

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor; if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan, period.