What's always made us great is coming together, facing our problems, joining together, and figuring out some practical, hard-headed way to solve problems.

We could not do it without you.

What we need to be doing is figuring out how we can make the changes necessary together to enable all of our people to live up to their potential.

This is a partnership, and this is a good beginning.

I think that there are many things we can do together.

But I really need your help if we're going to do it.

We stand ready to work with the Congress to assure the appropriate use of advisory committees.

Together, let us shape this new world to our lasting benefit.

Together we can open the greatest era of cooperation, understanding, and respect among our people ever.

The reason this deal is working for you is everybody is important, everybody counts, and people work together.

We know it works if labor and management work together.

Government cannot do this job alone; neither can the police forces themselves.

Let us reach out to the people around us and work for a world at peace.

I look forward to having the benefit of your counsel, your expertise and your leadership skills as we work together to ensure a safer world for generations to come.

People can sense whether you are going in the right direction or the wrong direction, and I think we have to work together to change the direction.

It won't happen in a day. But if we work together and we work hard, every year we can see progress.

Together, I believe we can do that.

I am extremely grateful to the leadership of both Houses for working so closely with the White House.