It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class.

It's one of the biggest benefits of being president that you really don't think about until you get here.

We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals - opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope.

We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance-algae... We could replace up to 17 percent of the oil we import for transportation with this fuel that we can grow right here in the United States.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

There is no excuse for not trying.

I'm trying to move an aircraft carrier here, I'm not just steering the speedboat.