Today is, I think, our last official event—isn't it?—at the White House under my Presidency.

It is a game, and it is celebration, but there's a direct line between Jackie Robinson and me standing here.

These fine public servants bring a depth of experience and tremendous dedication to their important roles.

Fiction was useful as a reminder of the truths under the surface of what we argue about every day and was a way of seeing and hearing the voices, the multitudes of this country.

But even I was not crazy enough to suggest that during these 8 years we would see the Cubs win the World Series.

There's something particular about quieting yourself and having a sustained stretch of time that is different from music or television or even the greatest movies.

Hope, the audacity of hope.

I think Shakespeare continues to be a touchstone.

I think that four years is OK. Eight years would be a problem. I would be concerned about a sustained period in which some of these norms have broken down and started to corrode.

It has been the honor of my life to serve you as President.

It falls on each of us to be guardians of our democracy.

All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into the work of citizenship.

I am even more optimistic about our country's promise.

We can't take our democracy for granted.

I have designated Rhonda Schnare Schmidtlein as Chair of the United States International Trade Commission for the term expiring June 16, 2018.

If we are to defend religious freedom, we must remember that when any religious group is targeted, we all have a responsibility to speak up.

America has changed a great deal since Thomas Jefferson first drafted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but religious liberty is a right we must never stop striving to uphold.

I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

Religious freedom is a principle based not on shared ancestry, culture, ethnicity, or faith but on a shared commitment to liberty—and it lies at the very heart of who we are as Americans.

I hereby order: sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13067 are revoked.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345, et seq. (the 'Act'), it is hereby ordered that: Section 1…

The situation in Venezuela described in Executive Order 13692 has not improved.

The actions and policies addressed in these Executive Orders continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

The Secretary of State shall provide to the President a report on whether the Government of Sudan has sustained the positive actions that gave rise to this order.

Only love can drive out hate.