Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens.
Barack ObamaSo long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
Barack ObamaWhen it comes to our military, what we have to think about is not, you know just budgets, we've got to think about capabilities.
Barack ObamaWhen the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce the structural deficits and debts that countries experience.
Barack ObamaIt's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voice could be that difference.
Barack Obama