What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called "right to work" laws, they don't have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics. What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money.

We have to deal with issues like inequality, we have deal with issues of economic dislocation, we have to deal with peoples fears that their children won't do as well as they have. The more aggressively and effectively we deal with those issues, the less those fears may channel themselves into counter-productive approaches that pit people against each other.

In fact, the American people did decide, back in 2012, when they elected me president of the United States.

You have to be organized, that you have to vote even when it's not exciting.

Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act.

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

A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.