You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.

Here's what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut. And if you make less than $250,000, less than a quarter-million dollars a year, then you will not see one dime's worth of tax increase.

The world is less violent than it has ever been.

There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it used to be.

At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability.

It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.

That is the story of our history - whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality for all of our citizens, our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.