We have a big decision to make. You know that. Not easy. Not easy.

We have a country that's been, for 47 years, blowing people's legs off, arms off, their face. They've been knocking out ships, killing people, lots of people. Not only Americans, lots of people.

32,000 protesters killed over the last two-three months.

They want to make a deal, but you gotta make a deal that is meaningful.

I would rather do it the peaceful way, but they are very difficult and dangerous people.

Good to sit down with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation to explain that a peace agreement between the US and Iran is now within reach.

No nuclear weapons. Not ever. Zero stockpiling. Comprehensive verification. Peacefully and permanently.

Let’s support the negotiators in closing the deal.

No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.

We will challenge any supply chain risk designation in court.

For four years, every day, I woke up determined to live up to the faith you placed in me.

Committed to delivering on the promises I made to you. To fight for communities left behind. Treat all with dignity and respect.

To give everyone a fair shot at the American dream. As President, I didn't see America as a place where you demonize others.

I didn't see America as a place where some get ahead and others get left behind. I didn't see America as a place. Where to lift someone up, you got to hold someone else down. I didn't see America as a place that wasn't big enough.

I saw it as big enough and strong enough. Big hearted enough. Everyone getting an even shot. No one gets left behind. That's still the country I believe in.

By the way, did you see Trump give the State of the Union? Is he still talking? I don't know. Folks, it's unbelievable.

The guy talks for almost two hours. But never mentioned the anniversary of Putin invading Ukraine. Never once.

I spent a lot of time in Ukraine. And I've met with Putin more than any other world leader has. Incredible bravery of those people (Ukrainians). Imagine how they feel wondering if we are leaving them. We're walking away. He doesn't apologize.

He doesn't mention Renée Good or Alex Pretti, who were killed in Minnesota by ICE. Or offer even a word of solace to their families.

He doesn't offer a word of support or recognition to Epstein's victims sitting in front of him during the entire time. He never acknowledged them.

We left the country better than we found it.

Not only for Black Americans — for every American. In the red states and the blue states, and in rural America and urban America.

Despite everything you read, despite the fact that COVID drove migration to record levels all around the world, the day I left office, border crossings in the United States were lower than the day that I entered an office inherited from Trump.

He is... I won't say it. That's just a fact.

On the day I left office, I handed Trump the strongest economy in the world. In the world — that's not hyperbole. That's a fact.

I'm getting pretty old. Forty times two plus a lot more.

I know more heads of state well than any president of the United States of America in all of history. Just because I've been doing it so long.

The American knew they had a president who believed in, respected, and followed the Constitution.

The Trump administration is determined to erase all the gains we made in my administration.

And the rest of the world is taking note.