In Obama's Words

Obama holds a news conference

I can tell you that, you know, some election nights are more fun than others. Some are exhilarating, some are humbling.”

Obama speaks at House Republican retreat in Baltimore

Now, I understand some of you had some philosophical differences, perhaps, on just the concept of government spending, but as I recall, opposition was declared before we had a chance to actually meet and exchange ideas. And I saw that as a missed opportunity.”

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Obama holds a press conference

What's remarkable to me, though, is despite some of those impulses we're still getting stuff done.”

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Obama delivers remarks at meeting of President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in Pittsburgh, Pa.

The American Jobs Act that I'm putting forward, obviously, contains many ideas like infrastructure investment that should be pretty straightforward. And our hope is is that we're able to get those passed in the next couple of months.”

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Obama Holds a News Conference with Medvedev

The president and I agreed that the relationship between Russia and the United States has suffered from a sense of drift.”

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Obama holds a town hall meeting in Decorah, Iowa

I want you to help hold all of us accountable, me included. I am enlisting you in this fight, because if you are -- if you're making your voices heard, if you're letting people know that enough is enough, it is time to move forward, it is time for us to win the future -- if your voices are heard, then sooner or later these guys have to start paying attention. And if they don't start paying attention then they're not going to be in office and we will have a new Congress in there that will start paying attention to what is going on all across America.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama delivers remarks at a reception for the Florida Democratic Party

Now, I'm bringing this up not to re-litigate the past. I just don't want to relive the past. It was hard enough -- it's been hard enough trying to rescue this economy the first time.”

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Obama delivers remarks at an event for Mayor Tom Barrett

Everybody is going to have a tough race across this country because we're going through tough times.”

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Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev make rematks at siging ceremony of new START treaty

One of the steps that I called for last year was the realization of this treaty, so it's very gratifying to be back in Prague today.”

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Obama's Press Conference

The most critical part of our strategy is to ensure that we do not return to an economic cycle of bubble and bust in this country.”

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Obama delivers remarks at a luncheon reception for Gov. Ted Strickland

Now, I know that times are tough, Columbus. And when times are tough, it can be easy to give in to cynicism and it can be easy to give in to fear; to set our sights lower; to settle for the status quo; to pit people against each other; to find wedge issues; to focus on those things that appear to give a tactical advantage but have nothing to do with whether or not our country is going to be successful over the long term. That's -- let's face it, that's how politics works too much. That's what the other side is counting on in this election.”

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Obama delivers remarks at a luncheon for Patty Murray

They'd say, well, why is the President doing this? It doesn't poll well. And I would have to explain to people, you know, I actually have pollsters, so I know when things aren't popular. I know when they don't poll well.”

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Obama participates in LinkedIn town hall meeting in Mountain View, Calif.

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Obama delivers remarks to workers

They are banking on you forgetting who caused this mess in the first place. But, Providence, it is up to you to let them know we have not forgotten.”

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Obama holds a news conference

I would love nothing more than to see Congress act so aggressively that I can't campaign against them as a do-nothing Congress.”

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Obama delivers remarks at a DCCC finance event

...we've got to make sure that all those members in the House of Representatives who believed it and took a lot of big political risks over the last two years are rewarded for it.”

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Obama delivers remarks at fund-raiser for Illinois Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias

I believe we have to keep on moving forward. Alexi believes we've got to keep on moving forward. And I think the American people want to keep moving forward.”

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Obama delivers remarks at fundraiser for Robin Carnahan

The interests of the status quo, they'll always have the most influential and vocal defenders.”

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Obama gives speech at DNC fundraising reception

And not a single day goes by when I don't think of the time, the energy, the money, the undying faith that you put into a campaign that wasn't just about winning an election -- it was about changing a country.”

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Obama Delivers Remarks to State Department Employees

We want to send a signal to all kinds of young people who may be thinking about the Foreign Service that they are going to be critical in terms of projecting not just America's power, but also America's values and America's ideals.”

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