The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.

I've got a pen, and I've got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action. I've got a pen to talk executive actions where congress won't. Where congress isn't acting, I'll act on my own. I have got a pen and I got a phone. And that is all I need.

This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.

The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another

I do think that I am generally optimistic.

We have to create that bridge for the future. And that means making sure we're paying attention to the wages of workers in countries, making sure that we're investing in their education and their skills.

You don't like dealing with somebody who denies horrible things happening to your people or threatens future horrible things to your people.