But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress.

We've been able to organize the international community around it in ways that aren't going to go back.

I think [Obamacare] will survive. Or it may be called something else. And as I said I don't don't mind.

I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.

Why hang out with celebrities when I can hang out with the people who made me one?

We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.