Some quotes from the inauguration and comments from Time Magazine, February 2, 2009
Regarding the fallacy of the wonders of free enterprise:
"This crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper when it favors only the prosperous." (Take that, Dick Cheney, who exited the scene in a wheelchair, looking grim, as if he were about to foreclose on someone.)
Regarding the wisdom of earlier generations:
"They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please."
And he denounced the "false...choice between our safety and our ideals."
Regarding the fallacy of the wonders of free enterprise:
"This crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper when it favors only the prosperous." (Take that, Dick Cheney, who exited the scene in a wheelchair, looking grim, as if he were about to foreclose on someone.)
Regarding the wisdom of earlier generations:
"They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please."
And he denounced the "false...choice between our safety and our ideals."
