The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here, I think I had a pretty good sense of what was required. But the circumstances in which I came in were different than most executives, right? The enterprise was in the midst of a major crisis.
Barack ObamaWe've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that never has been more promising. Pass clean energy tax credits. Create these jobs.
Barack ObamaYear after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries, meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country, in politics, in business, culture and sports.
Barack ObamaI will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now.
Barack ObamaThe globe is shrinking, the information age is bringing a lot of changes. People are anxious about their future and their children's futures.
Barack Obama