“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.”

“My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.”

“We agree on reforms that will finally reduce the costs of health care. Families will save on their premiums…”

“I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be the president
 of the United States of America.”

“I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.”

“We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.”

“We will close the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, the location of so many of the worst constitutional abuses in recent years.”

“We reject sweeping claims of ‘inherent’ presidential power.”

“We support constitutional protections and judicial oversight on any surveillance program involving Americans.”

“The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”

“[T]oday I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we’ve long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay – and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control.”