Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me. And that's why I'm standing here today-because of those efforts, because of that legacy.

With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote.

My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where our values and interests align. But that the president-elect also is willing to stand up to Russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms.

Angela Merkel has been an extraordinary partner for me and for the United States throughout my presidency.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that we have to be extraordinarily aggressive and vigilant in controlling nuclear proliferation.