Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves up, and begin again the work of remaking America.

Every generation has to rise up to the specific challenges that confront them. I'm confident that we are going to meet these challenges just like our grandparents and forbearers met them before.

I do hope that we can all put politics aside and do the American people's business.

We can do stuff to you.

the agency must identify and use the best, most innovative and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends.

You`re not supposed to be cinco fancy, you`re supposed to be skeptics. You`re supposed to ask me tough questions. You`re not supposed to be complimentary. But you`re supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power and make…

We are just temporary occupants of this office.

It's up to us to do everything we can to build more ladders of success for every child and family that's willing to work hard.

Take time, in the rush of events and responsibilities, for friends and family.

Automation is relentless and it's going to accelerate.

The costs of keeping it open far exceed the complications involved in closing it.

Members of Congress who obstruct efforts to close the facility have abdicated their responsibility to the American people.

Thank you for your strong, courageous, and steady leadership.

The detention facility at Guantanamo undermines American national security.

History will cast a harsh judgment on this aspect of our fight against terrorism.

I have tried to close Guantanamo.

It was fitting that my final call with a foreign leader was with Chancellor Merkel.

Jobs that are going away are primarily going away because of automation.

Thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th.

Guantanamo is contrary to our values and undermines our standing in the world.

It is in America's interests and the world's interests that we have a constructive relationship with Russia.

If you find yourself isolated because the process breaks down or if you're only hearing from people who agree with you on everything, that's when you start making mistakes.

You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics, supposed to ask me tough questions.

I believe in this country. I believe in the American people. I believe that people are more good than bad.

Voting rights is the reason that we are the only country among advanced democracies that makes it harder to vote.