Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh’s dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe.
We will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values.
We need to spend a trillion dollars rebuilding our schools, our roads, our basic science and research here in the United States.
America’s strong bonds with Israel are well known – this bond is unbreakable.
America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.
Africa is on the move; a new Africa is emerging!
Good afternoon, everybody-ugh, Jesus, gimme a sec.
Jobs was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
We don’t really have any kind of regulatory structure at all.
That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.
I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.
Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq’s future is not.
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up and take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole.
Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.
What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that’s just not what the founders intended.
In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.
We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we’re getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We’re making things again.
Since I’m the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it’s understandable that people are saying, you know, ‘What have you done?’
Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it’s going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you’ll never see it.