The banks, because of mismanagement, because of huge risk taking, are now in very vulnerable positions. We can expect that we're gonna have to do more to shore up the financial system. We also are gonna have to make sure that we set up financial regulations so that not only does this never happen again, but you start having some sort of - trust in how the credit markets work again.
Barack ObamaPeople will still be looking to the United States. Our example will still carry great weight.
Barack ObamaIt's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.
Barack ObamaSometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further.
Barack ObamaSo I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that we're sinful and we're flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God.
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