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''“The change we need doesn’t come from Washington, it comes to Washington.”''
''“The change we need doesn’t come from Washington, it comes to Washington.”''
''"We can't change the way Washington works unless we first change how Congress works."''
''"It's not just enough to change the players. We've gotta change the game."''
''"Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions. And that's what we have to change first. We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans."''
==Transparency==
==Transparency==
“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref> <ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget]Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref> <ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget]Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
==Hope==
:Like his use of 'change', Obama often talks about hope. After winning the presidency, a constant stream of negative financial statements have come from the White House. "Our economy is badly weakened", "We are experiencing an unprecedented, perhaps, economic crisis", "A bad situation could become dramatically worse", "The statistics every day underscore the urgency of the economic situation", "This is a continuing disaster for America's working families", "Rarely in history has our country faced economic problems as devastating as this crisis", "The economy is in desperate straits", "A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe." <ref>[http://ztruth.typepad.com/ztruth/2009/02/quote-from-president-obama-on-the-economy.html Quotes from President Obama on the economy] zTruth, February 5, 2009</ref>
''"Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead"''
''"America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil war, depression and world war, a struggle for civil and social rights and the brink of nuclear crisis. And it is because our dreamers dreamed that we have emerged from each challenge more united, more prosperous, and more admired than before."''
==See also==
==See also==