"Since I'm the president and Democrats have..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful we'll build on the progress we've made in the years to come.”

“That's why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women - students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors - found the courage to keep it alive.”

“We've got to stop the name-calling and we've got to stop looking at the next election. We've got to be focused on figuring out what we're doing for the next generation.”

“I could say much about politics, our only entertainment here, but you would not care a fig about that.”

“I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.”

“No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.”

“The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.”

“Conductors do not know how the oboe does its work, but they know what the oboe should contribute.”

“Power flows to those who serve.”