America leads - not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve.

Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.

I've been very good for gun manufacturers.

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided over that kind of systematic outreach that I think needs to happen.