Barack Obama

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

“I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”

“Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replac...”

“We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.”

“Why can't I just eat my waffle?”

“Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and...”

“We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.”

“If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.”

“I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.”

“And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to exp...”

“Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military action against the Syrian regime. We are going after ISIL facilities and personnel who ar...”

“The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.”

“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.”

“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.”

“This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms dev...”

“When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond o...”

“Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.”

“We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We...”

“That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.”

“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can...”