You have to have a strong team around you [being a president].

The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about that and realize that compromise is not evil.

There is not a black America and a white America; a Latino America, an Asian America. There is the United States of America.

I am who I am. You sort of get what you see with me.

I have complete confidence in Secret Service. These guys and gals are unbelievably professional. They know what they’re doing and I basically do what they tell me to do. Now, sometimes I’m the first one to admit that it chafes a little bit being inside this bubble. It’s the hardest adjustment of being president, not being able to just take a walk.

Generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.

We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you.