To be connected to America’s causes — liberty, equal justice, respect for the dignity of all people — brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures. Farewell statement (2018)
I have often observed that I am the luckiest person on Earth. I feel that way even now as I prepare for the end of my life. Farewell statement (2018)
We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. Farewell statement (2018)
Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.Farewell, fellow Americans. Farewell statement (2018)