"[White House is] the finest prison in..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.”

“We don't believe in a small America. We believe in a big America - a tolerant America, a just America, an equal America - that values the service of every patriot.”

“Your voice can change the world.”

“There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.”

“So I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."”

“We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?”

“Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the United States to the brink of another Great Depression. When we spoke with the new president in March of 2009, the economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month, the government was throwing hundreds of billions of dollars at failing banks, and the auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Politically pummeled from all sides, Obama did his best to keep a sense of humor.”

“No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.”

“If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.”