In Obama's Words

Obama's Remarks at Stimulus Bill Signing

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that I will sign today, a plan that meets the principles I laid out in January, is the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama delivers remarks at UPS facility in Landover, Md.

We actually didn't come here to grab the package. We're actually here to announce an exciting new partnership between federal government and some of America's leading companies that will help reduce our dependence on oil, that will protect our planet, and will spur economic growth.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama meets with Fairfax family and delivers remarks on the economy

The body politic is like an individual in the sense that if they go through a really bad accident and you're in a cast and got a little whiplashed and bruised and battered, it takes some time to recover. And that's what happened to our economy. We went through a really bad accident.”

Obama holds a town hall at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.

The Republican budget that was put forward I would say is fairly radical. I wouldn't call it particularly courageous. I do think Mr. Ryan is sincere. I think he's a patriot. I think he wants to solve a real problem which is our long-term deficit. But I think that what he and the other Republicans in the House of Representatives also want to do is change our social compact in a pretty fundamental way.”

• Other issues:Economy, Government and Politics

Obama deliver remarks to workers

• Other issues:Science and Technology

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.”

• Other issues:Economy, Government and Politics, Health Care

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.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama delivers remarks on jobs and the economy and hosts discussion with workers

What government can do is create the conditions for companies to succeed.”

• Other issues:Economy, Science and Technology

Obama holds a town hall on debt reduction in Annandale, Va.

We can't just tell the wealthiest among us, you don't have to do a thing. You just sit there and relax, and everybody else, we're going to solve this problem. Especially when we know that the only way to pay for these tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans is by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more for their health care, or cutting children out of Head Start, or doing away with health insurance for millions of Americans on Medicaid -- seniors in nursing homes, or poor children, or middle-class families who may have a disabled child, an autistic child.”

• Other issues:Economy, Government and Politics

Obama delivers a speech on the economy at Carnegie Mellon University

From our efforts to rescue the economy to health insurance reform to financial reform, most have sat on the sidelines and shouted from the bleachers.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, hold town hall on high speed rail in Tampa, Fla.

I seem to remember coming to Tampa two weeks before the election and you know what I said? This is a quote, people can check -- I'm sure it was reported in the newspapers. I said, "Change never comes without a fight." That was true then. It's true now.”

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Obama Delivers Remarks at Georgetown University

That's why the government has to step in and temporarily boost spending in order to stimulate demand. And that's exactly what we're doing right now.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama holds a town hall meeting in Cannon Falls, Minn.

You are following through on your responsibilities, and that's true all across the country. People are doing the right thing. Well, if you can do the right thing, then folks in Washington have to do the right thing.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama holds Twitter townhall meeting

We're not all tied together by ethnicity or a single religion. What ties us together is this idea that everybody has got a shot. As long as you carry out your responsibilities, you can make it. You can get into the middle class and beyond. And you can start a company and suddenly help bring the whole world together. That's what makes this country outstanding. But in order to do that, it requires us to both have a commitment to our individualism and our freedom and our creativity and our idiosyncrasies. But it also requires us to have a commitment to each other, and recognize that I would not be President if somebody hadn't helped provide some scholarships for my school, and you would not have Twitter if the Department of Defense, at some point, and a bunch of universities hadn't made some investments in something that ended up being the Internet. And those were public goods that were invested in.”

Obama delivers remarks on economy and makes economic personnel announcements

Gene [Sperling] has been an extraordinary asset to me and this administration over the past two years. He's been working with me. He led our efforts to pass the small-business jobs bill to help companies all across America. He also helped negotiate the tax compromise that we passed at the end of this year.”

• Other issues:Economy

Obama delivers State of the Union address

We face big and difficult challenges. And what the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of our politics.”

• Other issues:Agriculture, Courts and Judiciary, Crime and Law Enforcement, Defense, Economy, Education, Energy and Environment, Foreign Policy, Government and Politics, Health Care, Homeland Security, Immigration, National Security and Intelligence, Science and Technology, Social Issues, Transportation, Veterans Affairs

Obama delivers remarks on energy security

We're already paying a price for our inaction. Every time we fill up at the pump, every time we lose a job or a business to countries that are investing more than we do in clean energy, when it comes to our air, our water, and the climate change that threatens the planet that you will inherit -- we're already paying a price. These are costs that we are already bearing. And if we do nothing, the price will only go up.”

• Other issues:Energy and Environment

Obama holds a discussion on women and the economy

I'm confident that we're now moving in the right direction, but we've still got more work to do, which is part of the reason why this election coming up is so important.”

• Other issues:Economy, Social Issues

Obama delivers remarks at a DNC event in Boston, Mass.

We passed health care with an assist from a former Massachusetts governor. Great idea.”

• Other issues:Government and Politics

Obama delivers speech on the national debt

...without even looking at a poll, my finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes they should be paying higher taxes.”

• Other issues:Government and Politics