America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.

In an age where there's so much active misinformation and its packaged very well and it looks the same when you see it on a Facebook page or you turn on your television. Where some overzealousness on the part of, you know, a U.S. official is equated with constant and severe repression elsewhere.

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

Our enemies are also seeking the abilities to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.

Internationally, I have obviously been deeply concerned about how we fight the terrorist threat.

It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society where everybody has a shot, and every kid is getting a good education, and people are getting living wages, and they have decent retirement.

Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his Cabinet because, whatever personal feelings there were, the issue was 'How can we get this country through this time of crisis?'