Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences.

I don't want you folks to do a lot of talking. Just shut up and get out of the way.

We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?

This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.

I have been a strong proponent of pay-as-you-go. Every dollar that I've proposed, I've proposed an additional cut so that it matches.

The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional nuclear arms race, and the greater risk of war - all that would endanger our [American] security.

I refuse to give in to the notion that the American people can't handle complicated information.