But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

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

We're opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is a threat to the world, as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17.

Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

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 replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.

[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism out there. It indicates that the corrosive nature of everything from talk radio to fake news to negative advertising has made people lack confidence in a lot of our existing institutions.

Like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning.