#pen

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. ↗

— Barack Obama

#go #i #line #make #money

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. ↗

— Barack Obama

#along #american #bridges #build #business

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. ↗

— Barack Obama

#been #benefits #build #cornerstone #created

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. ↗

— Barack Obama

#excellent #folks #idea #internalize #lot

What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending - that's the whole point! Seriously. ↗

— Barack Obama

#seriously #spending #stimulus #think #whole

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned. ↗

— Barack Obama

#care #companies #dignity #earned #ever

Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America. ↗

— Barack Obama

#breaks #choice #companies #corporations #create

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill. ↗

— Barack Obama

#been #billion #claims #down #enough

My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#before #belong #blackness #campus #classmates

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#becomes #culture #everyday #fast #fast food