"We’ve got more doors of opportunity to open for everyone who’s willing to work hard and walk through them."—President Obama
POTUS: "We have come too far to turn back now. We’ve got more good jobs to create. We’ve got more homegrown energy to generate."
"If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists and special interests."
President Obama: "If you turn away now—if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn’t possible, change will not happen."
"You’re the reason a teacher and her husband in Pueblo can buy their first home with the help of new tax credits. You made that happen."
"The election four years ago wasn’t about me. It was about you. You were the change."—President Obama
President Obama: "We can do all this. And the power to do all this is where it has always been—in your hands."
President Obama: "I will use the money we’re no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work."
POTUS: "While a new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead."
"We will reform and strengthen Medicare, but we’ll do it by reducing the cost of health care—not by asking seniors to pay thousands more."
POTUS: "No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies."
“I will not turn Medicare into a voucher just so millionaires can get another tax cut.”—President Obama
POTUS: "I refuse to ask middle-class families to pay more so that I pay less. I refuse to ask students to pay more for college."