Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end, ... Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend.

Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend.

The reduction from 21.6 to 21.3 is not a reduction that means much of anything. It's glacial. I've never met .3 of a child. We need to reduce the class size from approximately 22 down to 17.

I'm not to take the blame for something that's not true.

I am not an expert but I watched it with Eileen, and we were extremely disappointed because (Canada's Jamie) Sale and (David) Pelletier had done a fabulous performance, but I am not a judge,

Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint.