Politics History President Change Hope It’s important to realise I was actually black before the election. - Barack Obama
People We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges. - Barack Obama
Science Right Now Time Politics 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. - Barack Obama
Ideals Values One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. - Barack Obama
Help 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
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. - Christian Nestell Bovee
We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that. - Neil Patrick Harris